Today's Wordle answer for Saturday, January 18

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Get your puzzle-solving weekend off to the best possible start with our Wordle help. Use today's clue to fill your early rows, or read through our selection of tips if you need some inspiration. Or, feel free to scroll your way to the January 18 (1309) answer if nothing seems to be going your way. Let's start the weekend off with a win. 

Two rows filled with nothing but grey letters? Thanks, Wordle. I thought we were friends. At least taking a wrecking ball to the alphabet meant there were few letters left to try, and once I'd stopped sulking about it all, today's answer actually turned up with less effort than I thought it would. Thank goodness for that. 

Daft. Unserious. Something (or someone) lighthearted or unconcerned with how foolish it might look to others. Stupid, but in a fun way.  

Yes, there is 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. 

Here's your first win of the weekend. The answer to the January 18 (1309) Wordle is SILLY.

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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. 

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Wordle gives you six rows of five boxes each