Wordle 455 answer for September 17: Never lose your streak! Check Wordle hints, clues, solution

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Wordle 455 answer for September 17: After multiple tricky puzzles, today Wordle decides to take it a little easy. You will not feel the need to scratch your head solving the puzzle today and veterans of the game might even be able to solve it simply using their strategy. A puzzle like this on a Saturday can be relaxing. But it is also important to remember that it only takes one moment of carelessness to lose the game entirely. If you do not want to end up losing your streak, you should check these Wordle hints and clues. They provide you with a robust strategy and word-specific clues to make it easy for you to solve the puzzle. And if you need more assistance, you can always scroll to the bottom for the solution. 

Today's puzzle does not contain any repeated letters. That alone reduces the difficulty by quite an extent. The word also does not have any strange letter arrangement. But what it does have is the inclusion of couple of uncommon letters that are not normally seen in other words. Be cautious of them and use a starting word with uncommon letters to get a boost from the first attempt itself. 

1. Today's word starts with the letter C.

2. The word contains two vowels.

3. The word ends with E.

4. The remaining vowel is U.

5. There are no repeated letters in the word.

At this point, we have served the word to you on a platter. Just think about it for a moment and apply these clues. You should be very close to the answer. And if you do feel stuck, simply, scroll down for the solution.

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Today's word is CHUTE. It means “a steep, narrow slope down which