Today's Wordle answer #385: Saturday, July 9

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Welcome to PC Gamer's help section for the July 9 (385) Wordle of the day. I've got all the tips and tricks you need right here, so you can solve today's puzzle with as much or as little assistance as you wish.

Is it really the weekend already? I suppose time flies when you can duck out of whatever you're doing for a minute or two to play a massively popular puzzle game every day. Work may be on the back-burner (for some lucky people, anyway), but Wordle continues on, so I'd best keep guessing and make sure my win streak goes in the right direction.

Today's answer is generally used when someone or something is standing in for whoever or whatever usually fills that role. In older texts, it can also refer to a place or area. There are two vowels today, bunched up together. 

Weekends are for winning. The answer to the July 9 (385) Wordle isSTEAD.

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 containing multiple vowels, common consonants, and no repeat letters. Hit Enter and the boxes will show you which letters you've got right or wrong. If a box turns ⬛️, it means that letter isn't in the secret word at all.