Today’s Wordle hint and answer #697: Wednesday, May 17

Today’s Wordle: Help with the #697 puzzle.

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Solve today’sWordleexactly the way you want to with our helpful range of tips and advice. There’s a fresh clue for the May 17 (697) game waiting below if you’d like a hint, or today’s answer is only a quick click away if you need to rescue an unlucky game. You’ll also find past answers, general help, and plenty more.

The results of today’s opener really could’ve gone either way for me—one green and one yellow isn’t a terrible start, but it’s not good enough to guarantee a swift win either. Happily, luck was on my side this time, my follow-up almost gave me today’s Wordle answer, and my third go polished off a satisfying game.

Today’s Wordle hint

A Wordle hint for Wednesday, May 17

The word you need to find today describes a long, thin piece of wood often used to build floors. Pirates apparently had a fondness for making people walk one of these, stereotypically into shark-infested waters. There’s only one vowel today.

Is there a double letter in today’s Wordle?

There are no repeat letters in today’s Wordle.

Wordle help: 3 tips for beating Wordle every day

Playing Wordle well is like achieving a small victory every day—who doesn’t like a well-earned winning streak in a game you enjoy? If you’re new to the daily word game, or just want a refresher, 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 the end of the day. If you’re struggling to find the answer or a tactical word for your next guess, there’s no harm in coming back to it later on.

Today’s Wordle answer

What is the #697 Wordle answer?

Another day, another win. The answer to the May 17 (697) Wordle isPLANK.

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Previous Wordle answers

The last 10 Wordle answers

Knowing previous Wordle solutions can be helpful in eliminating current possibilities. It’s unlikely a word will be repeated and you can find inspiration for guesses or starting words that may be eluding you.

Here are some recent Wordle answers:

Learn more about Wordle

Wordle gives you six rows of five boxes each day, and it’s your job to work out which five-letter word is hiding by eliminating or confirming the letters it contains.

Starting with a strong wordlike LEASH—something containing multiple vowels, common consonants, and no repeat letters—is a good place to start. Once you hit Enter, the boxes will show you which letters you’ve got right or wrong. If a box turns ⬛️, it means that letter isn’t in the secret word at all. 🟨 means the letter is in the word, but not in that position. 🟩 means you’ve got the right letter in the right spot.

Your second go should compliment the starting word, using another “good” guess to cover any common letters you missed last time while also trying to avoid any letter you now know for a fact isn’t present in today’s answer.  After that, it’s just a case of using what you’ve learned to narrow your guesses down to the right word. You have six tries in total and can only use real words (so no filling the boxes with EEEEE to see if there’s an E). Don’t forget letters can repeat too (ex: BOOKS).

If you need any further advice feel free to check out ourWordle tips, and if you’d like to find out which words have already been used, you can scroll to the relevant section above.

Originally, Wordle was dreamed up by software engineerJosh Wardle, as a surprise for his partner who loves word games. From there it spread to his family, and finally got released to the public. The word puzzle game has since inspired tons ofgames like Wordle, refocusing the daily gimmick around music or math or geography. It wasn’t long before Wordle became so popular it wassold to the New York Times for seven figures. Surely it’s only a matter of time before we all solely communicate in tricolor boxes.

When baby Kerry was brought home from the hospital her hand was placed on the space bar of the family Atari 400, a small act of parental nerdery that has snowballed into a lifelong passion for gaming and the sort of freelance job her school careers advisor told her she couldn’t do. She’s now PC Gamer’s word game expert, taking on the dailyWordlepuzzle to give readers a hint each and every day. Her Wordle streak is truly mighty.

Somehow Kerry managed to get away with writing regular features onold Japanese PC games, telling today’s PC gamers about some of the most fascinating and influential games of the ’80s and ’90s.

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