Today's Wordle hint and answer #689: Tuesday, May 9

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Make every Wordle(opens in new tab) a winner with our daily dose of hints and tips. There's general advice designed to improve every guess you make, a handcrafted clue for the May 9 (689) game, and if you need to save your win streak, you'll find today's Wordle answer is only a quick scroll or click away.

Wordle really made me work for my letters today and then made me work even harder for those precious greens. It looked like I was in danger of running out of goes towards the end, but it turned out I just hadn't realised that today's Wordle answer was already right in front of me.

The word you need to find today is the name of a bitter bean—or more accurately, seed—native to the Amazon rainforest, one that's used to make something that often tastes very sweet: chocolate. 

Yes. In fact, there are two lots of double letters 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. 

Your Wordle win's right here. The answer to the May 9 (689) Wordle isCOCOA.

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