The word of the day on March 8 may well trip users up if they don’t realise how a certain trick could solve the riddle, particularly if it’s something like how certain letters repeat themselves in the day’s 5-letter word.

Wordle helps players by providing a color-coding system, hinting to them when a letter is in the word but in the wrong place, when it is in the correct place, or when it is not in the word at all. That way, they can use a process of elimination to figure it out within 6 turns.

However, for those struggling to solve today’s Wordle, Newsweek have collected a number of clues that could help, as well as the answer itself.

The daily word game has taken the world by storm, drawing in 45 million users a day when it first started out with just 90 active players. Wordle truly has had a meteoric rise to become one of the world’s most beloved brainteasers.

It’s so popular, in fact, that it has also inspired several different daily puzzle games like the math brainteaser Nerdle and the geography-themed Worldle.

‘Wordle’ #262 Clues for March 8

As always, if you would just like to have a few hints to help with solving the March 8 Wordle then look directly below and stop reading at the fifth hint. If you would like the answer scroll to the bottom of the article.

Hint #1: You may have noticed our earlier reference to letters repeating in a word, this is because Wordle #262 does this. Hint #2: This word can be used as a compliment for a person and it can also be used to describe certain food. Hint #3: The Wordle word of the day rhymes with “greet” and “meet”. Hint #4: Synonyms for Wordle #262 ranges from “confection” to “cherished”, “darling”, and “precious”. Hint #5: Merriam-Webster defines Wordle #262 as something that is “pleasing to the taste” that is “typically induced by sugars”, it can also be used to describe a person as having a “gentle good humor”.

‘Wordle’ #262 Answer for March 8

The answer to today’s Wordle is “Sweet”.

Wordle refreshes every 24 hours at 7 p.m. ET, at which point the next daily puzzle will become available to players.

Those who are looking for something to fill their time while they wait for this to happen can try out a number of alternative word games.