If you’re yet to solve today’s Wordle puzzle don’t worry, as Newsweek is here to help you with some tips and tricks.
The game was invented during the first coronavirus lockdown by Josh Wardle, a New York-based software engineer who simply wanted a game “for me and my partner to enjoy.”
Wardle released Wordle to the public in October 2021 and it quickly developed a passionate fan base. Some Wordle players began sharing their results on social media each day, along with tips and hints, helping the game to go viral across the English-speaking world.
The game was so successful, it was later bought by The New York Times for an undisclosed seven-figure sum.
Players must guess a secret five-letter word within six tries. The game offers color-coded feedback: green tiles indicate the correct letter in the right position; yellow means the letter is in the word but in the wrong place; and gray signals that the letter is not in the word.
“One thing that I think is important in this game is the starting word chosen,” Erhan Aslan, associate professor of applied linguistics at the University of Reading in the U.K., previously told Newsweek.
“Starting off with words that include commonly used vowels (e.g., e, a), consonants (e.g., r, t), and sound sequences might be helpful. Choosing a word that starts with q, z, j, or x, for instance, may not be the best choice.
“As you get more feedback after a few guesses, users need to draw on some knowledge of phonics to narrow down or eliminate some words that they might be thinking. For example, if the second letter of the target word is l (indicated by green) and the player feels that the word starts with a consonant, they will need to know that there are only a few consonant cluster possibilities (e.g., bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl).”
‘Wordle’ #1,307, Hints for Thursday, January 16 Game
Newsweek has put together five clues to help you solve today’s Wordle brainteaser.
Hint #1: Today’s answer is a noun.
Hint #2: It only has one vowel.
Hint #3: The word starts with “F.”
Hint #4: There are no repeated letters.
Hint #5: It is the name of a city in Michigan.
‘Wordle’ #1,307, Answer for Thursday, January 16 Game
Today’s Wordle answer is “Flint.”
According to Merriam-Webster, the noun is defined as “a massive hard dark quartz that produces a spark when struck by steel” and “an implement of flint used in prehistoric cultures.”
Congratulations if you figured out the answer! But please don’t worry if not because Wordle updates every day at midnight in your local time zone, at which point the next puzzle becomes available. Newsweek will be back tomorrow with another round of hints and tips.
In the meantime, you could try your hand at Connections—another popular game from The New York Times for which Newsweek also provides daily hints.
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