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was invented by a Welsh-born engineer by the name of . He came up with the daily puzzle, whose name is a play on his surname, for his girlfriend who loves playing word games. Wardle decided to make the game public in 2021 at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, and within weeks it had amassed hundreds of thousands of players.
He eventually sold the game to in early 2022, and it recently released the entire archive to its subscribers, making more than 1,000 past games available to play. "We are thrilled to unlock the official archive for our subscribers," Jonathan Knight, head of games at , said in May. "This expansion is not just about playing past puzzles; it's about deepening the connection our community has with and with each other.
" Part of appeal lies in its simplicity. Players need to figure out a mystery five-letter word in six guesses or fewer. They are guided by a color-coded tile system to let them know if they are on the right track.
A green tile means the letter is correct, while yellow tells you the letter appears in the word, but is in the wrong spot. A gray tile shows that the letter does not appear in the word at all. Wardle told why he landed on a five-letter word as the sweet spot for the game.
"There is a reason that every word is five letters long and that you are allowed six attempts to guess it," he said in an interview . "That might seem arbitrary but, with the prototype version, I tested different word lengths and experimented with the number of tries that players were allowed." If you need some help working out Saturday's answer, check out our collection of clues below.
But scroll with caution if you want to work out the answer for yourself because it is revealed at the end of this article. has put together five hints to help you figure out today's puzzle. Today's answer is a noun and a verb.
There are no repeated letters. The word contains two vowels. The first letter is 'S'.
One of the word's meaning is speaking nonsense, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. The answer to today's is "spout." Congratulations if you got it right, but don't worry if you didn't.
updates every day at midnight in your local time zone so you'll soon get another opportunity to play. will be back with another round of hints and tips for each new game. Players who would like something to keep themselves busy while they wait for the next can have a go at other word-based puzzles such as .
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