Today is a leap day which means we are lucky enough to experience an extra day of Wordle.
The game is an addicting but challenging test of word acumen and if you’re struggling to figure out today’s answer, you’re in the right place for some assistance.
Don’t feel ashamed if you’re finding it hard to solve as Josh Wardle, the man who invented Wordle, has even said he finds it difficult from time to time. The New York-based software engineer has admitted to needing a few attempts before getting each one right.
“[My partner] and I play it on the couch together each morning,” he told Newsweek in January 2022. “She will consistently get it in three goes, which is way, way better than I can ever hope to achieve. I normally need at least four or five attempts.”
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Wardle created the game as a way to entertain his partner during coronavirus lockdown. The couple shared a love of crossword puzzles, so he developed Wordle as a way for them to spend quality time together.
It was released to the public in October 2021 and following this, Wordle exploded from 90 users on November 1, 2021, to 300,000 on January 2, 2022, according to figures by Statista. The New York Times purchased the game for an undisclosed seven-figure fee soon after.
Each day, Wordle users try to guess a new, five-letter word and have six attempts to do so. Within these six guesses, you use a designated color system to find out which letters are present in that day’s chosen word.
If a player guesses a letter that’s in the right place, that tile will turn green. If the letter appears in the word, but not in the place the user has guessed it, it will turn yellow. If the letter does not appear in the word at all, the tile will turn gray.
Below, Newsweek has put together five clues to help you solve today’s brainteaser without spoiling all of your letter-finding fun.
‘Wordle’ #985, Clues for Thursday, February 29 Game
Hint #1: Today’s Wordle can be used as a noun or verb.
Hint #2: The answer contains three vowels.
Hint #3: There are no duplicate letters.
Hint #4: You might think of a picture when thinking of this word.
Hint #5: Today’s answer ends in a vowel.
Get your last guesses in now, because it’s your final chance to solve today’s Wordle before we reveal the solution.
‘Wordle’ #985, Answer for Thursday, February 29 Game
The answer to today’s Wordle puzzle is “Image.”
According to Merriam-Webster, the noun definition is “a visual representation of something: such as (1) a likeness of an object produced on a photographic material (2) a picture produced on an electronic display (such as a television or computer screen).”
It is also described as a transitive verb, with the words “imaged and imaging” put forward.
Congratulations if you were able to solve it but if you didn’t do not worry, the game resets every day at midnight, users local time.
Players who would like something to keep themselves busy while they wait can have a go at other word-based puzzles such as Typochondria and Spellspire.
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