January 28 Wordle 588 Answer and Hints

Every day, the short word puzzle game called Wordle provides fans and new players alike with a fun new challenge to take on. Today's word is difficult enough that some might be in search of a little bit of help.

How To Play Wordle

Wordle is a daily, browser-based game for word puzzle enthusiasts. It is owned and operated by the New York Times, so players will only be able to find this game on the newspaper's Games page or its Crossword app. While there are plenty of other Wordles in different spots on the internet, these will have different answers and can even have slightly different rules.

First, players will need to figure out the best possible starting word. There are some rules that a good starter should follow, and a good strategy for winning Wordle is to follow these.

A starting word must be five letters long and real word. It cannot be a proper noun.
While they can be used as guesses, players should avoid previous Wordle answers and plural nouns ending in S since those cannot be the answer.
The starting word should have a good mix of five different common letters.

Once a great starter has been chosen, players just need to type it into the Wordle site and press enter. This will cause the letters to change colors.

Green letters are right.
Yellow letters are right but in the wrong place or places in the word.
Gray letters are wrong.

Now that a player has a few clues to go off of, try a new word. The letters of it will also change colors. Keep going until the word is guessed or the players runs out of their six total tries.