Wordle 288 answer for April 3: Confusion overload! Check Wordle puzzle hints, clues and solution

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Wordle 288 answer for April 3: Yesterday players all over the world were rejoicing as Wordle gave out a fairly easy word of the day. Many took to Twitter to show off their prowess and low number of attempts taken. Today will sadly not be as pleasant for most Wordle fans. Wordle is back with a word that would make the late much-loved and lamented Groucho Marx scratch his head! This word brings two of the most hated patterns together and it will frustrate many players. But as always, we are here to ensure that you do not fall victim to Wordle’s machinations. We have put together Wordle hints and clues to help you easily guess today’s word. And if you lose, you can check out the Wordle solution at the very end and try harder tomorrow.

Before we get to the hints and clues, let us quickly go through the rules of the game, for the off-chance that someone still has not played this game. The game requires you to guess a 5-letter word within six attempts. You start by guessing any word and the game gives you clues in the form of highlighted individual letters. The gray highlight indicates that the alphabet is not part of the word. A yellow highlight shows that while the letter is part of the word, it is placed in the wrong position. And finally, a green highlight denotes that the alphabet is both in the word and in the right position. The aim of the game is to guess the word in as few tries as possible.

Today’s word, as we previously explained, is quite difficult. Wordle has used a comparative adjective, which although is used a lot in regular vocabulary, has a very complex structure to it including double letters and infrequent letters. Etymologically, the word has Germanic roots and it came to the English language through old