Today's Wordle 488 answer and hint: Thursday, October 20

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If you're hoping to find the answer to the October 20 (488) Wordle as quickly as possible then you've come to the right place—just scroll down or click the sidebar and you'll see today's solution. Prefer a quick hint? Don't worry, you'll find that and plenty of other helpful tips here too.

With today's Wordle I uncovered a few greens early on… and then spent every guess afterwards stumbling around in the dark before realising almost too late that the answer had practically been staring me in the face the whole time. A win's a win, even if I could have got there sooner.

The answer today is the name of a popular hard-wearing fabric often coloured blue and most commonly used to make jeans. You'll need to find two vowels 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.

I'm here to help you win. The answer to the October 20 (488) Wordle isDENIM. 

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 hiding inside them.

You'll want to start with a strong word(opens in new tab) like ALERT—something