Wordle today: Hint and answer #916 for Friday, December 22

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Looking for some help with Wordle today? Scroll down this page and you'll soon find yourself waist-deep in all the help you could ever need. Spend a little time with our tips and tricks if you'd like to maximise every guess, take a cheeky peek at a tailor-made clue for today's game, or go straight for the win with the Wordle answer to the December 22 (916) puzzle.

I could feel today's word on the tip of my keyboard from my second guess onwards, always definitely there, always just out of reach—slightly wrong in some new and puzzling way. Finally seeing a full row of green letters flip over to reveal the Wordle answer has rarely been more satisfying—even if it did take a while to get there. 

If two objects, people, or parts of either come into contact with each other then you'd probably use today's answer to describe the act. Someone could reach out and _____ another person's hand, for example. 

No, there is no double letter in today's puzzle. 

A good starting word can be the difference between victory and defeat with the daily puzzle, but once you've got the basics, it's much easier to nail down those Wordle wins. And as there's nothing quite like a small victory to set you up for the rest of the day, here are a few tips to help set you on the right path: 

There's no racing against the clock with Wordle so you don't need to rush for the answer. Treating the game like a casual newspaper crossword can be a good tactic; that way, you can come back to it later if you're coming up blank. Stepping away for a while might mean the difference between a win and a line of grey squares. 

Just in case you need it. The answer to the December 22 (916) Wordle is TOUCH. 

Past Wordle answers can give you some excellent ideas for fun