Today's Wordle hint and answer #826: Saturday, September 23

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You'll soon have today's Wordle under control thanks to our selection of helpful tips and hints. Go straight for the win with today's answer if you need to save your game, or give yourself a helping hand with a clue for the September 23 (826) puzzle. Whatever you need, we've got it.

A strong start made sure today's Wordle didn't cause me too much trouble, and just this once, those sometimes slippery yellow letters soon fell into place. After a Wordle week that's felt a bit all over the place, I definitely appreciate having a more straightforward win today.

Today's answer is the name used for a certain kind of Christmas song, specifically those of a more traditional or religious type. Silent Night is one of these, as is Away In A Manger.  

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 September 23 (826) Wordle is CAROL.

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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Every day Wordle presents you with six rows of five boxes, and it's up to you to work out which secret five-letter word is hiding inside them.

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