Grey: Grey means that letter does not appear in the solution word.Yellow: Yellow means the letter appears in the solution word, but in a different position.

Green: Green means that letter appears in the same place in the solution word.

With each guess you enter, the tiles of some letters may light up yellow or green, giving you information about whether any of the letters you've used appear in the solution word: The aim is to guess the hidden five-letter word for that day, and you do that by entering in five-letter words as guesses. Wordle is a little daily word game that takes place on a grid. Looking for another daily word game as good as Wordle but different? Check out NYT's other game Connections, with the help of our Connections hint and answer for Sunday 22nd October! What is Wordle? Perhaps one day the New York Times will need to start recycling old words, but there's an awful lot of viable five-letter words to choose from, so for now you can feel free to use this archive to check if the word you're about to guess has already been used previously, and therefore cannot be the solution to today's puzzle. Wordle doesn't repeat words if it can help it. Watch on YouTube Past Wordle answersīelow you can find our list of the most recent previous Wordle solutions, both so you can see what Wordle is all about, and so you know which words to avoid guessing for future Wordles. Manage cookie settings Looking for an alternative to Wordle? Here are eight of our favourite Wordle-likes to add to your morning puzzle routine. Destiny maker Bungie, meanwhile, called it a 'direct attack on human rights'.īack in February, Wordle also featured two possible words - after the New York Times decided to cull the game's list of answers to remove some it deemed too obscure, or to be offensive.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Psychonauts studio Double Fine said the court risked 'denying people their human rights and directly impact the lives, freedoms and choices of everyone in this country'. Over the past week, two video game developers have spoken out over the US Supreme Court's plans to overturn Roe vs Wade. The New York Times went on to say this was 'a very unusual circumstance' - although still something it was working to avoid happening again in future, via a revamped version of the game which will ensure 'everyone always receives the same word'. When we discovered last week that this particular word would be featured today, we switched it for as many solvers as possible.' 'But because of the current Wordle technology, it can be difficult to change words that have already been loaded into the game. 'At New York Times Games, we take our role seriously as a place to entertain and escape, and we want Wordle to remain distinct from the news. 'This is entirely unintentional and a coincidence - today's original answer was loaded into Wordle last year. 'Some users may see an outdated answer that seems closely connected to a major recent news event,' the New York Times wrote by way of an explanation.

Wade, a 50-year-old legal judgement that enshrines a woman's right to an abortion. It's clear, however, this relates to the US Supreme Court's recently-leaked and highly-controversial plans to roll back Roe vs. The blog post does not name the word itself, or explain the 'major recent news event' which the change has come in reaction to. Pre-empting questions and headlines surrounding the change, the New York Times today published a blog post highlighting its decision to remove the word, and explaining why those who do not update their browser windows will still see it. The removed word is 'fetus' - though anyone with a recently-updated word list will see a replacement answer. This means some players will still see the removed word today.Įurogamer Newscast: Will Square Enix be bought, and is Ubisoft next? However, the New York Times is unable to affect Wordle's list of upcoming answers (all pre-programmed into the game months in advance) if you do not refresh your browser window. The New York Times has decided to remove today's intended Wordle answer, in case players thought its appearance was an attempt by the newspaper to reference a 'major recent news event'.

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