Today's Wordle answer for Friday, August 2

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There's a hint for today's Wordle just below; feel free to use it to give your game the best possible start, or to stop Friday's puzzle from slipping away from you a few guesses down the board. Hoping for something a little more direct? Then you'll want to click through to the August 2 (1140) answer. However you win, have fun.

I thought I had this one so many times, only for the letters to reveal I was just wrong in a new and exciting kind of way. I started to take it personally towards the end—I'm sure I was right, and Wordle just changed the answer to make me feel bad. Honest. 

A small, thin, loose little piece of something. Tiny chips of paint. Snow falling from the sky. Salt. Those crumbly bits of pastry that seem to go everywhere.  

There are no double letters in today's Wordle. 

A good starting word can be the difference between victory and defeat with the daily puzzle, but once you've got the basics, it's much easier to nail down those Wordle wins. And as there's nothing quite like a small victory to set you up for the rest of the day, here are a few tips to help set you on the right path: 

There's no racing against the clock with Wordle so you don't need to rush for the answer. Treating the game like a casual newspaper crossword can be a good tactic; that way, you can come back to it later if you're coming up blank. Stepping away for a while might mean the difference between a win and a line of grey squares. 

Here's your next win. The answer to the August 2 (1140) Wordle is FLAKE.

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Past Wordle answers can give you some excellent ideas for fun starting words that keep your daily puzzle-solving fresh. They are also a good way to eliminate guesses for today's Wordle, as the answer is unlikely to be repeated. 

Here are some recent Wordle answers:

Wordle gives you six rows of five boxes each day, and you'll need to work out which secret five-letter word is hiding