Wordle hint and answer #609: Saturday, February 18
Wordle today: The solution and a hint for Saturday’s puzzle.
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Keep yourWordlewin streak going in the right direction with our wide range of hints, guides, and tips. Take a look at today’s clue if you’d like a little help with the February 18 (609) puzzle, or skip straight to the answer if you just need to read today’s winning word.
I could feel today’s answer tickling the back of my mind, something I knew I almost had but couldn’t quite put my finger on. I’m still not entirely sure how I wrestled it into focus, but I’m glad I did.
Wordle hint
A Wordle hint for Saturday, February 18
Today’s answer means to be of some sort of use, to gain something, or to work towards something. This word’s usually used in the negative, ex: “We tried to open the locked door without a key, to no _____”.
Is there a double letter in today’s Wordle?
Yes, there is a double letter in today’s puzzle.
Wordle help: 3 tips for beating Wordle every day
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.
Today’s Wordle answer
What is the Wordle 609 answer?
Here’s to your first win of the weekend. The answer to the February 18 (609) Wordle isAVAIL.
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Previous answers
The last 10 Wordle answers
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.
Here are some recent Wordle solutions:
Learn more about Wordle
Every day Wordle presents you with six rows of five boxes, and it’s up to you to work out which secret five-letter word is hiding inside them.
You’ll want tostart with a strong wordlike ALERT—something containing multiple vowels, common consonants, and no repeat letters. Hit Enter and 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.
You’ll want your second go to compliment the first, using another “good” word 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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