Wordle: How to Play, Strategies, and Tips for Starting Right and Winning Each Day

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Wordle is a huge craze right now, with hundreds of thousands of people across the globe competing to guess the same five-letter word each day. With only six attempts and one round available to play every 24 hours, Wordle presents exactly the right kind of challenge to make people feel competitive. It's easy to understand and doesn't require anything more than a basic grasp of the English language, making it fun for all levels of players. Of course for most people, the main attraction is the colourful block diagram you get to post on your social media every day, showing how your guesses progressed and how many attempts you needed. If you've managed to maintain a streak over many days, you know just how tempting it is to keep going!

Here's a quick guide to playing Wordle. We'll go through some tips and strategies, developed after weeks of first-hand gameplay of this addictive game. This is everything you need to keep in mind to ace the game, so read on to keep your winning streak going as long as possible.

Wordle is a simple word-guessing game. It's available as a website and can be played from any computer or mobile device. There is no Wordle app, so be careful – plenty of scammers have tried launching clones in order to grab views and profit off advertising. The original Wordle website has no ads and does not try to sell you any upgrades or boosters – at least as of now – which is a huge plus point these days.

When you load the Wordle website, you'll see a simple grid and a keyboard. You type your first five-letter word guess, and that becomes the top row of the grid. There are no hints – your first guess has to be completely random. Any letter that is in the correct space will be highlighted in green. Any letter that's