Today's Wordle 462 answer and hint: Saturday, September 24

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After what feels like a week of finding a few yellows if I'm lucky, I finally landed a really strong green-speckled opener today. Thanks to this I was able to solve the puzzle on the second guess with little trouble—what a great way to start the weekend.

There are a few meanings for today's answer. In some cases this word's used to describe metal bars or a grid covering an opening, in others some sort of irritating noise or behaviour. It can even be used in food preparation—when shredding cheese or other food against a specific tool to create small pieces. There are two vowels to find today. 

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.

Let's start the weekend with a win. The answer to the September 24 (462) Wordle isGRATE.

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