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Players may need some clues to help them hit upon the correct Wordle today, since the puzzle is proving particularly tricky for some.
The brainteaser, which involves players from around the world, simply asks users to solve the puzzle by guessing a mystery five-letter word — in six tries or fewer.
The game refreshes each day, with a new word that needs to be worked out from scratch. Wordle tries to help users stumble across the correct word by using a color-coded system; each correct letter turns green, or yellow if it's in the word but is currently in the wrong place, or grey when it's incorrect.
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But for players who are worried about breaking a winning streak, Newsweek has created some helpful hints to help nudge them in the right direction. Failing that, the answer is provided at the end of this article.
The Origins of 'Wordle'
Game inventor Josh Wardle created the game to play with his partner Palak Shah. He had first started working on it back in 2013, and returned to the game during the pandemic and perfected it.
Wardle made the game public in October 2021 and it quickly became a global phenomenon, thanks to its fun premise as a daily brain exercise. It gained more than 45 million users after starting out with just 90 active players.
The software engineer sold his game to The New York Times for an undisclosed seven-figure sum in January 2022 and the puzzle moved over to the publication in February. The word game has become so popular that it has inspired a number of other daily games like the music-based Heardle, and the math-based Nerdle.
'Wordle' #306 - Five Hints for Thursday, April 21
Newsweek has put together five clues to help players baffled by today's Wordle.
Each hint is more revealing than the last, so players should stop reading at the point they feel confident they have guessed the right answer.
- Hint #1: Today's Wordle contains three vowels.
- Hint #2: The word is connected with chemistry or chemical processes.
- Hint #3: The solution contains one of the lesser-used letters toward the end of the alphabet.
- Hint #4: Players who know the second word in the chemical name for "rust" will have today's Wordle.
- Hint #5: Merriam-Webster defines *Wordle #306 as "*a binary compound of oxygen with a more electropositive element or group."
'Wordle' #306 Answer for Tuesday, April 21
The answer to today's Wordle is "oxide."
Rust is a good example of the word; it is a common compound called "iron oxide."
Wordle updates every day at 7 p.m. ET, at which point the next word will become available for players to try and solve.
But fans who need something to keep themselves busy while they wait for Wordle to refresh may enjoy trying these similar word-based puzzles.
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