Wordle players seeking assistance for the July 12 puzzle can find a crucial hint and the day's solution here. The popular five-letter word guessing game challenges players to identify the correct word within six attempts, using feedback from each guess to narrow down possibilities.
Today's puzzle, number 1849, offers a clue: a sharp, clicking sound. The word begins with the letter 'C' and ends with 'K', containing a single vowel and four unique letters. A suggested starting word to gain early clues is "locks", which may reveal three yellow letters.
For those who have tried and are still seeking the answer, today's Wordle solution is CLACK. A clack is defined as a quick, loud, and sharp sound, akin to striking two sticks together.
Players can share their Wordle results without revealing the answer by utilizing the game's built-in spoiler-free sharing feature. After completing a puzzle, a statistics panel appears, offering a 'SHARE' button. This function copies results to the clipboard for pasting into messages or social media, or directly shares them to other apps on mobile devices.
Wordle, originally created by software engineer Josh Wardle as a private game during the pandemic, gained rapid popularity after its public release in October 2021. Its virality was amplified by the ease of sharing results anonymously on platforms like Twitter. In January 2022, The New York Times acquired the game for a substantial sum.
While players can input any five-letter word, the daily answers are selected from a curated list of common words. The New York Times occasionally withdraws answers deemed too politically charged or offensive, as was the case with "FETUS" being replaced by "SHINE" around the time of the Roe v. Wade decision.
To increase the challenge, players can enable Hard Mode, which requires all revealed letters to be used in subsequent guesses. An even stricter "Ultra-Hard" rule mandates that every guess must be a potential answer, adhering to all previously given clues. For those finding the game too easy, numerous Wordle-inspired alternatives exist, including Worldle for geography, Waffle for letter rearrangement, Moviedle for film guessing, and Quordle for solving four puzzles simultaneously.