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Welcome to today’s Wordle, #372, y’all. Working it out all by yourself is the most satisfying way, it’s true — but if you get stuck and start to get nervous about your streak, we’ve got some Wordle tips and hints to nudge you towards the solution.
The answer to the June 26 Wordle can be found at the end of this article — or you can make your way down in a more leisurely fashion for a few tips, gentle hints, and strategies to help you every day.
Wordle’s sudden explosion at the end of 2021 led to a round of press focused on its creator. Former Reddit engineer Josh Wardle actually came up with the game in 2021 as a private exercise for him and his word game-loving partner. It eventually became a staple of their family WhatsApp messaging, and that’s when Wardle started to suspect he might have something special enough to merit a wider release.
The very sweet origin story is thoroughly detailed in this great NYT profile of Wardle and his latest creation. You’re better off reading that for the full scoop, but as far as basics go it’s enough to know that Wordle was conceived by a caring person who wanted to keep his partner entertained during the quiet, trying times of our ongoing global pandemic.
Thousands of people around the globe now play this game each day, and fans have even created alternatives to Wordle inspired by the original format. This includes music identification game Heardle, Hollywood nerd faves Actorle and Framed, and variations like Dordle and Quordle that make you guess multiple words at once.
In fact, the word puzzle game has proved so popular that the New York Times eventually bought it, and TikTok creators livestream themselves playing.
Not the day you’re after? You’ll find the Wordle answer for June 25 here.
We have some ideas to help you pick the perfect first move (or as close to perfect as you can get without just magically guessing the exact right word). Such tips include choosing a word with at least two different vowels in it, plus a few common consonants such as S, T, R, or N.
While you could once play the entire archive of past puzzles, the archive was taken down at the request of the New York Times, according to the site.
If you’ve been finding Wordle too easy, there is a Hard Mode you can enable to give yourself more of a challenge. But unless you activate this mode, we can assure you that Wordle isn’t getting harder.
The whole point of Wordle is that everyone’s solving the same puzzle, with the same answer, no matter where you are in the world. However, occasionally the puzzle game will accept two different correct solutions on the same day, in apparent defiance of Wordle law.
This aberration is due to changes the New York Times began making after it acquired Wordle earlier this year. To make sure you’re always getting the same puzzle as everyone else, refresh your browser before you play — don’t worry, the site will keep your streak.
It’s an adjective.
…the letter ‘R.’
Ready?
We’ll finally tell you the answer.
It’s…
RUSTY.
Phew. Well, we’ll see you tomorrow!
Reporting by Caitlin Welsh, Amanda Yeo and Adam Rosenberg contributed to this article.
The Game of Thrones series died back in 2019, but certain members of the pack, apparently, survive. The Hollywood Reporter Hollywood-reports that HBO is in the early stages of developing yet another spin-off from the wildly popular fantasy series, this time focusing on hairy sad man Jon Snow.
The new series will be set after the events of Game of Thrones, with actor Kit Harington already attached to reprise his role as Westeros’ most depressed pile of fur. For those of you who blocked Game of Thrones‘ deeply unsatisfying ending from your mind, it concluded with Snow aka Aegon Targaryen murdering his aunt/lover/queen Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) and being exiled to Castle Black once more. The melancholy sasquatch then left Westeros to travel beyond the Wall, ostensibly to live out the rest of his days with the Free Folk (aka Wildlings).
The spinoff will follow what this sad sack does next, because the sequences north of the Wall were definitely the most riveting part of Game of Thrones.
No Game of Thrones veterans other than Harington have yet been confirmed as returning for this new series, though of course some are more likely to appear than others. While the best hope for Clarke’s return would be in a flashback or dream sequence, Free Folk warrior Tormund (Kristofer Hivju) was last seen accompanying Snow beyond the Wall.
Snow’s cousins/adopted sisters Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) and Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) are less likely to cameo, having become Queen in the North and a travelling adventurer respectively, though it isn’t entirely impossible. It should also be noted that Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie) — the object of Tormund’s ardent affection — also made it to Game of Thrones‘ series finale with a pulse, albeit still residing in Westeros.
If this new series finally gives us a romance between Tormund and Brienne, it will single-handedly justify its entire existence.
This new Jon Snow series is the eighth Game of Thrones spinoff to be announced, with four other live-action series and three animated series in varying stages of development. The first to be released will be the House of the Dragon prequel series, premiering on Aug. 21 and featuring Matt Smith’s confronting hairline.
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