Today's Wordle answer for Saturday, February 1

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Let us help you win your weekend puzzles. Use our clue for the February 1 (1323) Wordle alongside our general tips to make Saturday's game go smoothly, turning all those grey and yellow spaces into something nice and green. Or skip to today's answer if you like—we're just happy to help.

Today's Wordle was filled with extremes—I was either dead right about a letter or dead wrong, leaving me with an odd chequerboard of green and grey boxes. Thankfully the greens kept coming, quickly narrowing things down until, after a brief pause because no, that's surely not right I found Saturday's winning word. 

This is a kind of bolt or fastener used to hold two pieces of metal together. The end is hammered down, not screwed in. Could also be anything that keeps someone so thoroughly they don't feel they can move.

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. 

New month, same win streak. The answer to the February 1 (1323) Wordle is RIVET.

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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