Today's Wordle 429 answer and hint: Monday, August 22

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Save your Wordle win streak with my helpful clue for the August 22 (429) challenge, or simply scroll a little further down the page to view the answer to today's Wordle. However you wish to tackle the Wordle of the day, I'm here to help.

From the clues I'd built up over my guesses the answer to today's Wordle could've been the word I initially went for… except it wasn't. It was only through pure luck I had enough tries left to go for a different option, but if pure luck leads to a win, then I'll take it.

If something possesses good or praiseworthy qualities, or if someone has behaved in an especially honourable way, then they're considered to have today's word. Another way of using today's answer is as a replacement for «advantages» or a similar positive term when describing something's good points. 

If there's one thing better than playing Wordle, it's playing Wordle well, which is why I'm going to share a few quick tips to help set you on the path to success:

There's no time pressure beyond making sure it's done by midnight. So there's no reason to not treat the game like a casual newspaper crossword and come back to it later if you're coming up blank.

Not enough guesses left to find those greens? The answer to the August 22 (429) Wordle isMERIT.

The more past Wordle answers you can cram into your memory banks, the better your chances of guessing today's Wordle answer without accidentally picking a solution that's already been used. Past Wordle answers can also give you some excellent ideas for fun starting words that keep your daily puzzle solving fresh.

Here are some recent Wordle solutions:

Every day Wordle presents you with six rows of five boxes, and it's up to you to work out which secret five-letter word is