Today's Wordle hint and answer #687: Sunday, May 7

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If you want to become a Wordle(opens in new tab) solving wonder, read our guides and tips or simply take a peek at a clue for the May 7 (687) game if you need a little help. Prefer something more direct? You've got it. Today's Wordle answer is only a short scroll or click away.

One green served as a helpful anchor in today's Wordle, although the only yellow I'd found to go with it didn't want to sit anywhere for a while. Luckily for me, the other letters I'd eliminated along the way were a huge help, (eventually) leaving me with just one possible Wordle answer.

You'll need to think of monsters to solve today's Wordle, specifically the kind said to hang around graveyards, feed on corpses, and sometimes be confused with zombies. This word can also refer to someone with an uncomfortably passionate interest in the morbid and macabre. There are two vowels to find today. 

No letters are used twice in today's puzzle. 

Anyone can pick up and play Wordle, but if you want to do it well and make all of your guesses count, these quick tips will help get you started on your Wordle winning streak: 

Thankfully, there's no time limit beyond ensuring 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. Sometimes stepping away for a while means you can come back with a fresh perspective. 

Weekends are for winning. The answer to the May 7 (687) Wordle isGHOUL.

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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