Merry Christmas, Wordle players. Newsweek is here to help you solve today’s brainteaser if it’s taking too much time away from your festive celebrations.
The English-language puzzle game was created by New York-based software engineer Josh Wardle and it quickly became a viral hit after it was made public in 2021.
Wordle’s sudden rise in popularity led The New York Times to step in and purchase the game for an undisclosed seven-figure sum in January 2022. It remains free to play via the publication’s website.
Part of Wordle’s success can be attributed to its simple gameplay loop, where players try to solve a five-letter word in six attempts or fewer.
When a letter is in the correct place it turns the tile green, if it is the correct letter, but in the wrong place, it will turn yellow. The tile turns gray if the letter is not in the word at all.
Joel C. Wallenberg, a senior lecturer in language at the University of York in the U.K., previously told Newsweek the popularity of Wordle reflects ongoing interest in the English language.
“Language always seems to be fascinating to people. This is perhaps because producing and understanding language is a fantastically complex process, and we are only aware of the tiniest bit of that process while it’s going on; most of what we do when we speak, we do unconsciously,” he said.
“But it may be that people have an inkling that they’re doing something very involved and impressive when they speak, even if they don’t know the details or why it should be that way.
“Language games poke at how conscious (or unconscious) we are of our own linguistic processes, and maybe give us a little more insight into them than we had before. That might be one reason why humans, maybe universally, have always invented and enjoyed language games.”
Clues and hints for today’s Wordle can be found below, so keep scrolling if you want help, but be cautious as the answer can be found at the bottom of the page.
Wordle #919, Clues for Monday, December 25
Newsweek has put together five hints to help you figure out today’s Wordle puzzle.
Hint #1: Today’s answer is a verb.
Hint #2: The Wordle answer has one set of repeating letters.
Hint #3: There are three vowels in today’s answer.
Hint #4: You might think of bringing something to mind when hearing this word.
Hint #5: Today’s answer starts with an “E.”
Wordle #919, Answer for Monday, December 25
Today’s correct Wordle answer is “evoke.”
According to Merriam-Webster, evoke is defined as “to bring to mind or recollection” or “to cite, especially with approval or for support.”
Did you work it out? Don’t worry if not as Wordle and Newsweek will be back tomorrow with another puzzle to solve.
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