Wordle today: Hint and answer #896 for Saturday, December 2

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Today's flying start soon ended up stuck in the mud, every guess less and less confident than the last. My Wordle game came right down to the wire today: luckily for me I was as out of unused letters as I was ideas, and it was only then I spotted the one word I hadn't tried yet—and won today's Wordle.

Today's answer is the word used to describe a creative work's type or style. Music might be put into pop, metal, or jazz categories. A new movie could be a cute romcom or the latest hot thing in the horror _____. 

Yes, a vowel is used twice in today's Wordle. 

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. 

Another weekend winner. The answer to the December 2 (896) Wordle is GENRE.

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