If you’re struggling with today’s Wordle puzzle, Newsweek is here to help with clues and hints.
The brainteaser, which was created by software engineer Josh Wardle, has become wildly popular since its release in 2021. The game went from 90 users in November 2021 to more than 300,000 just months later in January 2022.
The New York Times purchased the brain game for a seven-figure price, and it’s now popular with celebrities including Carol Burnett, Allison Janney, Ben Affleck and more.
“Allison and I, we Wordle,” Burnett told Entertainment Tonight in April 2023, noting that they often text each other daily. “We just Wordle back and forth. She’s the first one every morning at my coffee.”
The Palm Royale actress added that Wordle is “fun.”
Wordle players have six chances to guess the daily five-letter word, and feedback is given to help nail it down. A green box indicates that the letter was guessed in the correct place, a yellow box indicates you’ve guessed a letter that’s in the word, though not in the right spot, and a gray box indicates the letter is not in today’s word.
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In January 2022, Wardle told Newsweek players get six guesses on purpose.
“There is a reason that every word is five letters long and that you are allowed six attempts to guess it. 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,” he said.
“Through that process of refinement, I figured out that five letters and six tries was the ideal sweet spot. It’s just limited enough to feel challenging and to make you think, but most of the time people still manage to solve it. So, you feel a real sense of accomplishment.”
Warning: The answer to Tuesday’s game will be revealed at the end of this article, so if you’d like to work out the puzzle for yourself, please be cautious while scrolling.
‘Wordle’ #1,165, Clues for Tuesday, August 27
Hint #1: Today’s Wordle answer is both a noun and a verb.
Hint #2: It has one vowel.
Hint #3: It is sometimes worn by members of a royal family.
Hint #4: There are no repeated letters.
Hint #5: The answer starts with the letter “C.”
‘Wordle’ #1,165, Answer for Thursday, August 27
The answer to today’s Wordle is “Crown.”
According to Merriam-Webster, the word has several definitions. As a noun, it could mean, “A reward of victory or mark of honor,” “A royal or imperial headdress or cap of sovereignty” or “The highest part: such as a: the topmost part of the skull or head, b: the summit of a mountain, c: the head of foliage of a tree or shrub, d: the part of a hat or other headgear covering the crown of the head, e: the part of a tooth external to the gum or an artificial substitute for this.”
As a verb, “crown” could mean, “To place a crown or wreath on the head of,” “To bestow something on as a mark of honor or recompense,” and more.
Congratulations if you got the answer right, but don’t worry if you didn’t. Wordle resets every day at midnight in your local time zone. Newsweek will be back with another round of hints and tips for each new game.
In the meantime, why not give these other popular online word puzzle games a go?