If you’re having trouble with today’s Wordle puzzle, you’re not alone; even the game’s creator finds it difficult from time to time.
“[My partner] and I play it on the couch together each morning,” New York-based software engineer Josh Wardle 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.”
Years after developing the concept, Wardle improved the game during COVID-19 lockdowns before making it available to the public in October 2021.
Following its debut, Wordle exploded from 90 users on November 1, 2021, to 300,000 on January 2, 2022. The New York Times purchased it for an undisclosed seven-figure fee soon after, and it went on to become the publication’s most popular game.
A large part of Wordle‘s appeal is its simplicity. Players must identify a mystery five-letter word by using a process of elimination to work out the answer.
Players are helped along with a color-tiled system, with green indicating that the letter appears in the word; yellow indicating the letter is in the word but in the wrong spot; and a gray tile meaning that letter does not appear at all.
Newsweek has provided some clues below for today’s Wordle puzzle. The answer will be revealed at the end of this article, so please scroll down with caution if you want to work it out for yourself.
‘Wordle’ #1,295 Hints and Clues for Saturday, January 4
Newsweek has put together five hints to help you figure out today’s Wordle puzzle.
Hint #1: This word contains two different vowels.
Hint #2: There are no repeated letters.
Hint #3: Today’s answer is a verb.
Hint #4: It begins with the letter “R.”
Hint #5: It’s the name of a song by Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
‘Wordle’ #1,295 Answers for Saturday, January 4
The answer to Saturday’s Wordle is “Relax,” which feels like the perfect word for this time of year.
According to Merriam-Webster, the transitive verb is defined as “to make less tense or rigid” and the intransitive verb is defined as “to become lax, weak, or loose.”
Congratulations if you figured out the answer! But please don’t worry if not because Wordle updates every day at midnight in your local time zone, at which point the next puzzle becomes available.
Newsweek will be back tomorrow with another round of hints and tips.
In the meantime, you could try your hand at Connections—another popular game from The New York Times, for which Newsweek also provides daily hints.
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