Today's Wordle hint and answer #778: Sunday, August 6

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Keep your impressive Wordle win streak heading in the right direction with our help, no matter how many green letters you've revealed already. Give your guessing a boost with a clue written especially for the August 6 (778) game, or head straight for today's answer (we promise we won't tell anyone).

I only scraped by at the very end with a win today, with one letter in particular doing a fantastic job of thoroughly throwing a spanner in the works about halfway down today's puzzle. Phew, I'm hoping Wordle goes a little easier on us all tomorrow. 

Dusting off your old biology school books might help you solve today's Wordle, as the answer can refer to a small protruding cluster of cells growing somewhere inside the body they shouldn't, as well as small and broadly tubelike sea creatures. There's one vowel today. 

Yes, a letter is 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. 

Seems silly not to finish the weekend with a win too. The answer to the August 6 (778) Wordle is POLYP.

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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