The Wordle answer for Friday, December 2 could elude even the best puzzle players if your first guesses are not as helpful as you would like.
Thankfully, Newsweek is here to provide a helping hand and give you tips to ensure that your current streak remains unbroken.
Wordle requires players to solve the popular puzzle by guessing a mysterious five-letter word in six tries or fewer.
The game refreshes each day, with a new word needing to be worked out using color-coded clues.
A green tile indicates the letter is in the correct position, while a yellow tile means the letter is in the word but in the wrong place. A gray tile means the letter is not in the word at all.
Software engineer and the game’s inventor Josh Wardle created the game to play with his partner. He first began working on the addictive puzzle in 2013 but after the world went into lockdown during the 2020 pandemic, he returned to it and perfected it, naming the game with a play on his own surname.
Wardle made the game public in October 2021 and it quickly became a global phenomenon—gaining more than 45 million users after starting out with just 90 active players.
A few months later in January 2022, Wardle sold the game to The New York Times for an undisclosed sum.
Wordle was able to spark a new genre of puzzle games which resulted in many clones and imitators including math guessing game Nerdle and a geography-themed variant called Worldle.
‘Wordle’ #531 Tips for Friday, December 2
The word for the day on December 2 will be revealed at the end of this article.
Here are some clues that might help you along the way to working it out on your own.
Hint #1: Wordle #531 has two vowels.
Hint #2: There are no repeated letters in today’s Wordle answer.
Hint #3: The answer starts with a consonant blend, which is where two letters combine but they each make their own sound. Such examples are “SL,” “ST,” “PL” and “GR.”
Hint #4: Friday, December 2’s Wordle answer rhymes with “Strafe.”
Hint #5: Merriam-Webster has multiple definitions for Wordle #531. One definition is: “To warm by rubbing especially with the hands.” Another definition is: “To feel irritation, discontent, or impatience.”
‘Wordle’ #531 Answer for Friday, December 2
The answer for Friday’s puzzle is “Chafe.”
Hopefully using our guide, you were able to figure out the word within the six tries.
The next Wordle puzzle will be available at 7 p.m. ET, when the daily update occurs. While you wait for that refresh, you might want to try some of these alternative word puzzles instead.
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