Today's Wordle answer for Saturday, August 17

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Getting your Saturday Wordle off to the best possible start is easy—just take a look at today's freshly prepared hint and those winning green letters will appear in no time. And if you're further down the board and things aren't looking too great, just click through to the answer to the August 17 (1155) puzzle and turn your game around in a flash.

I'm not going to win any records for speed today, but this turned out to be a very satisfying win. A few early crumbs led me in the right direction, then I had a little bit of struggle followed by a last-minute plot twist before my triumphant turnaround right at the end. I basically Wordle'd my way through a mystery novel today—just call me Poirot.

This is a name for a particular sort of bad weather. When this is happening the skies will go dark and cloudy, and there'll be heavy wind and rain too. Hail might turn up if it's cold. There's just a single vowel in this one, so concentrate on those consonants.

No, there is no double letter in today's puzzle. 

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 not to treat the game like a casual newspaper crossword and come back to it later if you're coming up blank. 

Don't worry, you're about to win. The answer to the August 17 (1155) Wordle is STORM.

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