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For those players that do prefer more of a challenge, Wordle does offer a Hard Mode. Accessed through the options menu before any game, this mode forces players to use more critical thinking when attempting their daily Wordle. If a letter is proven correct, that letter must be used in all future guesses. The same applies to a letter proven incorrect, those letters are locked out of being chosen. This can definitely feel harder in the long run as there is no way to just waste a guess on an obviously incorrect answer just to figure out some extra letters. It can however, help decrease the number of guesses it takes to get a word and help out a player's stats in the long run.

Today's Wordle Hints (August 19th #426)

For those players who just need a little push in the right direction, here are today's hints, followed by the fully spoiled Wordle answer.

• Hint 1: There are NO repeated letters in today's puzzle.
• Hint 2: This Wordle word has people lifting their shoulders slightly to express ignorance.
• Hint 3: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Today's Wordle Hints (August 19th #426)

The August 19th Wordle answer is SHRUG.

A shrug is done by raising both shoulders, sometimes with hands in the air. Generally, it represents not knowing an answer or feeling indifferent about a situation. For today's starting Wordle word we used IRATE. This provided two letters in incorrect positions, 'R' and 'S'. We attempted to mix them around a bit and add more vowels with the second guess SPIRE. This second guess provided the correct placement for 'S' but another incorrect location for R. Knowing there's only one proper vowel left our third guess was SCRUB, which locked down the 'R' and 'U' into their correct places. This left only a few possible answers left, so we tried and succeeded with SHRUG and walked away with a Wordle win-in-four.