Today's Wordle 436 answer and hint: Monday, August 29

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Finding a few greens on my first guess made me feel like I was in for a lucky day. A few helpful early eliminations and just the right mix of greens and yellows in my follow up meant I really didn't have to do much today apart from a little rearranging. What a great way to start the week.

Today's answer is a term used to describe someone or something important; the most pressing issue in a meeting, the person in charge, the highest ranking officer in a group. Halo's green armoured hero is often referred to by this shortened version of his full title too. 

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.

Almost there. The answer to the August 29 (436) Wordle isCHIEF.

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.

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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 hiding inside them.