Today's Wordle answer for Tuesday, December 17

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We've got a great selection of Wordle tips right here, ready to go whenever you need it. Take a quick dip into our hints for the December 17 (1277) riddle if you'd like to dust off the cobwebs and give your daily puzzle-solving a fresh look. Or, be more direct about it all and go straight for the win with today's answer. 

I quickly landed on the wrong sort of letters today, the sort of dangerous combination of greens that didn't leave me with a lot of room to experiment but still seemed to have a million ways to be wrong. I found just about all of them too—there's nothing like being thorough—only stumbling upon today's winning word when I'd exhausted everything else.

Think of an angry, annoyed, or irritated facial expression, something stronger than a frown. There you go. 

No letters are used twice in today's puzzle. 

Looking to extend your Wordle winning streak? Perhaps you've just started playing the popular daily puzzle game and are looking for some pointers. Whatever the reason you're here, these quick tips can help push you in the right direction: 

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. 

You've got this. The answer to the December 17 (1277) Wordle is SCOWL.

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Wordle gives you six rows of five boxes each day, and it's up to you to work out which five-letter word is hiding among them