Wordle is a daily puzzle game where players can put their knowledge of the English language to the test.
While many enjoy playing Wordle without any assistance, Newsweek is on hand to offer hints and tips to anyone who would like a little help to solve today’s puzzle.
Every day players guess Wordle’s five-letter word by using a color-coded system to show how close they are to the right answer.
In Wordle, green tiles show the letter is correct and in the right place, a yellow tile tells the player the letter is right but in the wrong place and a gray tile indicates the letter is not in the word at all.
The influential puzzle game was created by Josh Wardle during the COVID pandemic as something for him and his partner to play. After launching with just 90 active players in October 2021, it’s now pulling in well over a million players every day.
When Wordle grew into an online phenomenon, The New York Times bought the puzzle for an undisclosed seven-figure sum.
But Wardle said he never intended to make money from Wordle and that it was something he wanted to share with his partner.
He previously said: “What’s interesting is, people ask me all the time about the monetization stuff. Like, ‘you could put ads on it, you could do premium.’
“And I don’t know, maybe I am an idiot.
“None of that appeals to me. I think because I started with the intention of not doing it, it’s been easy to say no. If I’d been trying to make a viral game I think it would be very different.”
For those who are struggling to answer today’s word puzzle, Newsweek has a few hints and tips to help solve the teaser.
Wordle Hints and Clues for Wordle #428, Sunday, August 21
Hint #1: The Wordle answer is a noun
Hint #2: It has no repeating letters in it
Hint #3: There are two vowels in today’s Wordle answer
Hint #4: Merriam-Webster defines the word as “a sparsely settled or barren region” or “refuse form places of human or animal habitation”
Hint #5: The word starts with a “W”
Wordle Answer for Sunday, August 21
The answer to the Sunday, August 21, Wordle puzzle is “WASTE.”
Wordle will reset with a new puzzle at 7 p.m. ET when the daily update happens.
While you are waiting for the game to refresh, why not try another online brainteaser such as the geography-themed guessing game Worldle or one of these other word games.
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