If you’re stuck on today’s Wordle answer, Newsweek is here to help—but be careful when scrolling if you want to avoid seeing the answer.
The daily puzzle requires users to solve a mystery five-letter word by typing in their guess and solving it in six attempts or fewer. Through a process of elimination, players can work out the word with the help of a color-coded tile system. A green tile indicates a correct letter; yellow shows the letter is in the word but in the wrong spot; and gray tells the player that the letter does not appear in the word at all.
Wordle was invented by New York-based software engineer Josh Wardle. In January 2022, he told Newsweek why he decided on five-letter words being the golden standard for the game.
“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,” Wardle said.
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Although Wardle and his partner, Palak Shah, curated the original list of 2,315 words, The New York Times removed six after purchasing the game as they were deemed offensive, outdated or didn’t use a U.S. spelling.
The publication also assigned a Wordle editor to manually pick the answer each day, instead of automating the selection, to help avoid controversial or confusing choices. There are enough possible answers left over to last until October 2027, so players still have plenty of time to enjoy Wordle‘s daily puzzles.
If you’re struggling with today’s puzzle, remember that you’re not up against a timer so have until midnight to solve it. If you’re stuck, you can come back to the puzzle later in the day with fresh eyes.
If you need help deciphering today’s Wordle, Newsweek has gathered a few clues to make things easier.
‘Wordle’ #1,006 Hints for Thursday, March 21 Game
Newsweek has put together five clues to help you solve today’s puzzle.
Hint #1: Today’s Wordle is a noun and a verb.
Hint #2: The answer contains two vowels.
Hint #3: “S” is the first letter of the word.
Hint #4: There are no duplicated letters.
Hint #5: When you think of today’s word, you may think it’s helpful on a sunny day.
‘Wordle’ #1,006 Answer for Thursday, March 21 Game
The answer to today’s Wordle is “Shade.”
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the noun definition of shade is “comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light” and “shelter (as by foliage) from the heat and glare of sunlight.”
The verb is defined as “to shelter or screen by intercepting radiated light or heat” and “to hide partly by or as if by a shadow.”
Wordle updates every day at midnight, at which point the next puzzle becomes available. Newsweek will be back with another round of hints and tips for each new game. In the meantime, you can challenge yourself with another popular online word puzzle such as Typochondria or Spellspire.
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