EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is for Wordle answer #297; the April 13th Wordle answer is available now.
The April 12th Wordle word could cause trouble for some players today with its uncommon placement of a fairly common letter. For some, Wordle has become a comfortable staple in their morning routine, for others it has become a streak of wins that must be upheld. Tuesday's word isn't necessarily a difficult one and is used quite often, but it is certainly a word that could be considered a streak-breaker.
The game of Wordle is played on a 5x6 grid of boxes. Each day a new five-letter word is randomly chosen and it's the player's job to solve it within the six chances given. Beginning with any word players will receive hints in the form of colors boxes. If a box is colored green, the letter is correct and in the correct spot. If the box is yellow it's a correct letter in the wrong spot and finally, if the box is grey, the letter does not belong in the word at all. Using these hints players must deduce the correct answer before running out of chances to guess.
Today's Wordle Hints (April 12th #297)
The daily word puzzle can oftentimes be a bit difficult to solve, so we've provided a few hints to help those who are having trouble with today's Wordle answer.
- Hint 1: Today's Wordle word is used much more often in the UK.
- Hint 2: Singer Lorde pluralized today's answer and became the youngest female artist in 26 years to hit the Billboard top 100.
- Hint 3: This word is also associated with a popular cruise line.
Today's Wordle Answer (April 12th #297)
Today's Wordle answer is ROYAL.
Royal means having the status of a king or queen or a member of their family. Our starting Wordle word for today was IRATE which provided two incorrectly placed letters with 'R' and 'A'. We followed it up with RACKS, this gave us the correct placement for the 'R' and another incorrect location for 'A'. Feeling a bit stumped we tried ROUGH, knowing this would be incorrect but looking for another vowel, this gave up the correct placement for 'O' and a few more incorrect letters. We used the word ROMAN as our fourth guess which locked in the correct placement for the 'A' and led to the correct answer, ROYAL, in five guesses.
Although ROYAL is certainly not an obscure word, the oddly placed 'Y' could easily throw off some players and ruin their long-standing Wordle streak.
