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Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word
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Looking for the Wordle answer for Monday 17 October 2022?Welcome in the new week, friends, it’s Monday! Where on earth did the weekend go? Well, never mind, at least there’sWordleto divert us from that nagging feeling that our down-time once again wasn’t quite long enough to really hit the spot.
A perfect little puzzle to kick-start a reluctant brain into Monday mode, Wordle can nevertheless be a challenge. If you’re having trouble getting at today’s solution, read on below for a few helpful hints we’ve put together. Alternatively, scroll down below the video for the full answer plus definition!
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Wordle October 17 hints
Want some help with the Wordle answer today? Here are a few clues to get you started:
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Wordle answer today October 17
It’s time to reveal the answer to today’s Wordle. The word is…
STEIN.
Is it just me or is this slightly stretching Wordle’s committment to only using English words? After all, “stein” is literally a direct transplant of the German word for “stone”. In fairness, though, this word does have a very specific definition in English: it refers to a large beer mug, traditionally made of clay (though modern ones often tend to be metal), and often with a handy little lid attached to the top. Steins are especially popular as practical souvenirs for travellers returning from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and other countries in that region of Europe.
I actually have one or two in my kitchen from my own travels — they’re nice! And because you, dear reader, are very nice too, I know that you will be careful not spoil this solution for other players.
How to play Wordle
Wordle is a very straightforward word guessing game. The aim is to guess the correct five-letter word in just six guesses. With each guess, the individual letters of your chosen word will highlight green if they’re in the correct place, or yellow if they’re in the wrong place. If a letter doesn’t appear in the solution word at all, it’ll remain unhighlighted.
How did Wordle begin?
Are any Wordle words not allowed?
You can type in pretty much any five-letter word in the English language and Wordle will accept it as a guess. However, the answer is picked each day from a much smaller list of more common five-letter words. There are still thousands of possible answers, of course, but it means the answer will never be a word as obscure as, say, “THIOL”, or “CAIRD”, or “MALIC” (yes, those are all real words).
There are very occasional words which the New York Times will choose not to publish as the day’s Wordle answer, perhaps for reasons relating to recent news or politics. For example, shortly after news broke that Roe v Wade might be overturned in the United States, the NYT decided to change the March 30th word from “FETUS” to “SHINE”, as the feeling was that the word “fetus” was too politically charged a word in the context of recent events.
The New York Times has also been careful never to allow what they consider to be rude words as the answer to a Wordle puzzle. But of course there’s nothing stopping you from using even the dirtiest of words as guesses, as long as they’re accepted words in the dictionary, and as long as you realise that they’ll never end up being the answer.
Is Wordle getting too easy for you?
If after all that Wordle is still too easy for you, then you could always try one of the many other Wordle-inspired games online that have cropped up over the past year. One of our favourites isWorldle, in which you must guess a country of the world based on its shape. There’s alsoWaffle, which is about swapping letters in a completed grid to complete all the words;Moviedle, which shows you an entire movie in a tiny space of time and challenges you to guess the movie within six guesses; andQuordle, which tasks you with solving four Wordles at once with the same guesses.
If you need some help with future Wordles, be sure to check out our list of thebest Wordle starting wordsfor the greatest chance of success. You can also check out our archive ofpast Wordle answersto see which words have been chosen previously.
Use ourWordle Solver toolto help you figure out the answer to any Wordle in moments! Just pop your current guesses in the grid and watch the tool instantly give you all the potential answers.
