Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer? Wordle is an addictive yet challenging test of word knowledge. Luckily, you’ve come to the right place for assist.
Every day, Wordle presents its legions of players with a deceptively basic dilemma: Can you guess the correct five-letter word in just six tries? All you have to do to figure out Wordle’s answer is the contextual clues you get from each try—but often that’s not enough. Wordle can be tricky, you see, and it’s not uncommon to seek out a little assist if you want to keep your yearly winning streak alive.
In this guide, we will offer you a selection of Wordle clues to assist you find today’s solution for Friday September 20. Scroll down a little and we will also reveal today’s Wordle answer for 20/9 and the definition of the word if you need it.
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Wordle Tips: Tips for today’s Wordle 20/9
Every day we offer a series of Wordle hints to assist you find the solution. Read our hints below and see if you can find them before you go to the answer:
What is Wordle’s tip today?
It can usually be found in the company of fire.
What letter does today’s Wordle begin with?
Today’s Wordle starts with S.
What letter does today’s Wordle end with?
Today’s word in Wordle ends with E.
How many vowels are there in today’s Wordle?
Today’s Wordle word contains 2 vowels.
Are there any double letters in Wordle today?
There are 5 unique letters in today’s word Wordle.
What word would be a good start to today’s Wordle?
If you type the word “monks”, four letters will turn yellow.
Still having trouble finding today’s Wordle solution? To keep your winning streak going, scroll down to see today’s Wordle answer and a description of the word’s meaning.
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What will be today’s answer in Wordle from September 20?
Time to reveal the answer to today’s Wordle for 9/20. That word is…
SMOKE.
Congratulations if you correctly guessed the answer to a Wordle challenge today!
What does Wordle’s response mean today?
Smoke refers to those shadowy clouds of air and coal that are created when something burns. As the saying goes, “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.”
How to Share Wordle Search Results Without Spoilers
Wordle has a built-in spoiler-free results sharing feature so the people you send your results to won’t see today’s word in Wordle, just the colors in the grid showing how well you did.
To share your Wordle results, simply complete (or lose) today’s Wordle, then wait a moment for the stats panel to appear on screen. Then tap the “SHARE” button.
On a PC, the text will simply be copied to the clipboard, so you can paste it anywhere you want, whether it’s a private message or a social media status update. On an iPhone or Android, you’ll be able to tap the “SHARE” button to copy to the clipboard or share the results directly to another app on your phone (like WhatsApp or Twitter).
Using Wordle’s built-in sharing feature is a much more enjoyable way to share your results than potentially spoiling the answers for those who haven’t had a chance to play today’s version of Wordle yet, so we highly encourage you to apply it!
How to play Wordle
Wordle is wonderfully basic. The goal is to guess the correct five-letter word within six attempts. After each attempt, the letters of the chosen word will be highlighted in green if they are in the right place, yellow if they are in the wrong place, or gray if they are not in the word at all.
Using these tips you can start to narrow down the right word. Go to Word to try it out for yourself!
How did Wordle begin?
Wordle started life as a diminutive family game created by software engineer Josh Wardle. He created the game so he and his partner could play a fun little word game together during the pandemic, and they quickly realized there was something special about this basic little guessing game. So after a bit of polishing, Wardle released it publicly on his website, The language of power.
The game was released in October 2021, and by the end of the year, it had two million players a day. It became a viral hit, thanks in vast part to the ease with which players could share their scores without spoilers on Twitter and other social media. In January 2022, Wardle accepted an offer from the New York Times to acquire Wordle for a seven-figure sum. Good job, Mr. Wardle. Really good job.
Are there any words that are not allowed in Wordle?
You can type in virtually any five-letter word in the English language, and Wordle will accept it as a guess. However, the answer is selected each day from a much smaller list of more common five-letter words. Of course, there are still thousands of possible answers, but that means the answer will never be an concealed word like, say, “THIOL,” “CAIRD,” or “MALIC” (yes, those are all real words).
There are very occasional words that the New York Times does not publish as a Wordle of the Day, perhaps for reasons related to recent news or politics. For example, shortly after the news broke that Roe v Wade might be overturned in the United States, the NYT decided to change the word from “FETUS” to “SHINE” on March 30 because it felt that the word “fetus” was too politically charged in the context of recent events.
The New York Times has also been careful to never allow what they consider rude words as answers to a Wordle puzzle. But of course, there’s nothing to stop you from using even the most obscene words as guesses, as long as they’re accepted words in the dictionary and as long as you realize they’ll never become an answer.
Is Wordle becoming too straightforward for you?
If Wordle is starting to get too straightforward, there are a few ways to make the game harder for yourself. The first choice is to turn on Hard mode. You can do this on the Wordle page by clicking on the gear icon in the top right corner of the screen. Hard mode means that all the letters are highlighted have to be used in all future guesses. This stops you from using the common tactic of choosing two words like “OUNCE” and “PAINS” to test all five vowels at an early stage.
You can raise the bar even higher by playing by what we call “Ultra-Hard” rules. This means that every guess you make have to potentially be the answer. If you were playing Hard Mode and typed “MOIST” and the “O” appeared in yellow, there would be nothing to stop you from making “POLAR” the next word, even though it couldn’t be the answer because you already know the “O” is in the wrong place. If you’re playing by the “Ultra-Hard” rules, this is not allowed. You must follow every clue and make sure that every word you type is potentially the answer.
If Wordle is still too straightforward for you, you can always try one of the many other Wordle-inspired online games that have popped up over the past year. One of our favourites is Worldle, where you have to guess a country in the world based on its shape. There’s also Waffle, where you have to swap letters in a filled-in grid to complete all the words; Moviedle, which shows an entire movie in a low time and challenges you to guess the movie in six tries; and Quordle, where you have to solve four Wordle at once using the same tries.
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If you need assist with future Wordles, be sure to check out our list of the best Wordle starter words to give yourself the best chance of success. You can also check out our archive of past Wordle answers to see which words have been chosen before.
