Part of the game’s beauty is its simplicity, with no experience required to play. Each day the player must work out a different five-letter word, in six attempts or less.
After each guess the letters light up, telling the player how accurate they were. If a letter turns green it is both, in the word and in the correct place. Yellow means the letter is in the word, but not in the right position, while gray indicates it’s not included at all.
Speaking to Newsweek in January 2022, Wardle, from the U.K., revealed he initially designed the game as something “for me and my partner to enjoy.”
Counterintuitively, he said it can be “just as important” to learn which letters aren’t in the word as the ones that are.
Wardle explained: “One thing I will say is that a lot of people tend to think that the game is just about finding those green and gold letters. If you get those, then you theoretically have the information you need, but you don’t want to get too hung up on that.
“Even when you have most of the letters, it’s still worth using a couple of tires to just narrow down the options further. It’s often just as important to learn what letters aren’t in a word. That information can actually be more powerful in a lot of ways, and you don’t necessarily realize it at first.”
Wordle is currently owned by the New York Times, which purchased the game for an undisclosed seven-figure sum.
Its popularity has helped inspire a number of other online games, including Worldle and Nerdle.
The answer to today’s Wordle will be revealed at the end of this article, so scroll down with caution. To help you solve it, Newsweek has provided some hints and tips on the latest puzzle.
‘Wordle’ #479 Tips and Clues for Tuesday, October 11
Wordle players can use these five hints to solve puzzle #479.
Hint #1: There are two vowels.
Hint #2: There are no repeated letters.
Hint #3: The first letter is one of the last eight in the alphabet.
Hint #4: Synonyms for today’s word include “accurate,” “authentic” and “binding.”
Hint #5: Cambridge University Dictionary defines the answer as “based on truth or reason; able to be accepted.”
‘Wordle’ #479 Answer for Tuesday, October 11
The answer to today’s Wordle is “Valid.”
A fairly common word, containing two of the more frequently used vowels, today’s challenge may not have been the toughest Wordle has thrown our way, but it is still a brainteaser! Did you get it? If so congratulations. If not, please don’t worry. Join us again tomorrow for more Wordle hints and clues.
The next Wordle puzzle will be available at 7 p.m. ET, when the daily update occurs.
