We’re getting closer to the three-year anniversary of Wordle being introduced to the world, and the game shows remains hugely popular.
The daily word puzzle was invented by Josh Wardle, a Welsh-born, New York City-based software engineer. He first developed the game for his girlfriend who loved solving word puzzles but made the game public in October 2021 at the the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
The New York Times then bought the game from Wardle in early 2022 and it remains the most played game on its app and website, followed closely in second place by another word game, Connections.
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How to play ‘Wordle’
The premise of Wordle is simple enough, but don’t let the straightforward rules trick you into thinking the game is always a walk in the park.
Players are required to solve a mystery five-letter word, in six guesses or fewer. They do so by typing a word and through a process of elimination working out the answer.
They are helped along by a color-coded tile system. A green tile means you’ve got the correct letter and it’s in the correct position, while a yellow tile means the letter appears in the word but is in the wrong spot. Finally, a gray tile indicates that the letter does not appear in the word at all.
Everyone uses their own tactics to solve the word game, but to help you out, Newsweek asked the Artificial Intelligence service, ChatGPT, what it thought was the best way to solve the word puzzle. It suggested picking a starting word with a good mix of common letters “like A, E and consonants like R, T, S.”
“This helps maximize your chances of identifying letters early,” it says, and that helps to “maximize their initial information.”
If you need help working out Thursday’s answer, check out our clues below. But scroll with caution because the answer is revealed at the end of this article.
‘Wordle’ #1,209 Hints and Clues for Thursday, October 10
Hint #1:Today’s word has no repeated letters.
Hint #2: The word ends in an ‘E’.
Hint #3: It contains two vowels.
Hint #4: The fourth letter in today’s word is a ‘V’.
Hint #5: Today’s word is a verb.
‘Wordle’ #1,209 Answer for Thursday, October 10
Today’s Wordle answer is CARVE.
Wordle updates every day at midnight, at which point the next puzzle becomes available. Newsweek will be back tomorrow with another set of hints and tips for the new game.
In the meantime, why not try your hand at other word-based puzzle games such as Typochondria and Spellspire.