Today's Wordle hint and answer #777: Saturday, August 5

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Give yourself a helpful prod in the right direction with today's Wordle hint, exercise your word-wrangling muscles with our handy guide and tips, or just click straight through to the August 5 (777) answer. However you want to win, we can help.

Four yellows on my second go? That's got to mean… oh. That actually means I've got four yellows on my third too. Today's Wordle was a case of stubbornly shuffling everything into place, carefully reducing their potentially valid locations down until there was only today's Wordle answer left. Thank goodness that's done and dusted. 

You'll need to think of scientific words to solve today's puzzle, specifically those referring to electricity. This electrode can be positive or negative, depending on the circumstances. No, not a cathode. Nope, not a diode either. This is an _____. You'll need to find three different vowels to win today. 

No letters are used twice in today's puzzle. 

If there's one thing better than playing Wordle, it's playing Wordle well, which is why I'm going to share a few quick tips to help set you on the path to success: 

There's no time pressure beyond making sure 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. 

Start the weekend with a win. The answer to the August 5 (777) Wordle is ANODE.

The more past Wordle answers you can cram into your memory banks, the better your chances of guessing today's Wordle answer without accidentally picking a solution that's already been used. Past Wordle answers can also give you some excellent ideas for fun starting words that keep your daily puzzle solving fresh.

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