Word challenge enthusiasts who want to spice things up for their daily puzzle-solving adventures may want to give Wordle a shot. These Wordle challenges might seem like typical five-letter code words, but the added pressure of having to solve them within six tries can make each day’s puzzle more suspenseful.
Players looking for a thrill should consider solving the puzzle today, April 17, 2023, as fast as possible. But for players who want more clues, they may be able to rely on hints such as the word’s definition, technical components, and even starting terms.
What It Means
The definition of a word in a word challenge like Wordle can be a great way of solving today’s puzzle, especially since players can use the term’s meaning to check if they fit the context of any of the guesses that players want to use. Today's word pertains to a faint smell or an odor smelled briefly.
This, in turn, became a term to pertain to smelling something quickly for the purposes of savoring a scent or finding a trace of something exciting and/or menacing. It may even pertain to the attempt to hit the ball in the context of sports like baseball. It originates from a 16th-century term that means “to inhale tobacco” or a “gust of wind.”
Technical Clues
Alongside the word’s definition are technical components that players can use to solve the Wordle puzzle. These clues provide players with a better look at how the word in question is used in the context of the language. Today’s word has these components:
- The word has one syllable
- Two letters of the word are the same
- The word is primarily a noun
- The word becomes a verb when there’s a doer of the said action
Suggestions For Starting Words
Another practical clue players can rely on for this challenge is starting Wordle terms. These provide players with more useful letters that they can check with their own potential guesses to see if they fit the hints these starters have revealed. Here are some starting terms for a player’s reference:
- WORTH
- FRAIL
5-Letter Words Starting With WH
Players who want a final clue for their Wordle challenge would be terms and words close to the puzzle solution. These words provide players with letters and positions that are directly related to the mystery code without giving it away. The puzzle in question begins with WH-, of which 64 five-letter words follow this format. Here are some of those words, but not including the solution:
- WHACK
- WHALE
- WHARF
- WHEAL
- WHEAT
- WHEEL
- WHELP
- WHERE
- WHICH
- WHILE
- WHINE
- WHIRL
- WHISH
- WHOLE
- WHOOP
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