Today's Wordle answer for Friday, February 21

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We've got a clue for today's Wordle if you need a little help at any time during Friday's game, or you'd just like to make sure your opening guess is somewhere along the right lines. The answer to the February 21 (1343) is ready to go too if you end up needing a lot of help, or if you'd just like to solve your Wordle in record time.

If there were medals for missing the answer, I'd have a gold one hanging around my neck right now. Every guess was perfectly picked, the model of Wordle excellence. Every guess was also wrong, which went from funny to frustrated to borderline panic when I had just one chance left. Still, the relief I felt at the end, five green letters finally showing up, was worth it.

This small dried bud is a spice that can be used ground or whole. The same word can also refer to a segment of garlic too.

No, there is not a double letter in today's puzzle.

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.

Take a peek. The answer to the February 21 (1343) Wordle is CLOVE.

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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