It's time for today's Wordle Hint of the Day. We will provide you with a freshly made one so that you can stay on the right path without giving the game away. Also, if you want to make it quick, the complete solution to the October 9 (477) puzzle is posted a little further down this page. No matter what level you are at, you will find it here.

Disbelief quickly turned to delight as today's answer was a word I never expected to encounter in Wordle's relatively formal environment.

Today's Wordle answer is an informal greeting commonly used in certain parts of the United States. International puzzle fans will remember this phrase from a certain Pixar film series starring Tom Hanks as a toy with a string pulled behind his back.

If there is anything better than playing Wordle, it is playing Wordle well:

There is no pressure to complete it by midnight. So don't treat this game as something casual like a newspaper crossword, and if you come up blank, just come back to it later.

We're almost there; the answer to the October 9 (477) Wordle is HOWDY.

The more past Wordle answers you can cram into your memory bank, the more likely you are to guess today's Wordle answer without accidentally choosing an answer that has already been used. Also, looking at past Wordle solutions can give you great ideas for fun starting words to keep your daily puzzles fresh.

Here are some recent Wordle solutions:

Wordle will show you five boxes in six columns each day, and it is up to you to decide which five-letter word is hidden in them.

You will want to start with a strong word like ALERT (opens in a new tab)-one that contains multiple vowels, common consonants, and non-repeating letters Press Enter and the box will show correct or incorrect. If the box goes to ⬛️, that means the letter is not in the secret word at all. means the letter is in the word but not in that position. means that the correct letter is in the correct position.

Then, the answer is to use another "good" word to cover a common letter that was missed last time, while trying to avoid a letter that we now know for certain is not present in today's answer.

Then just use what you have learned to narrow down the correct word. You can try a total of 6 times, and you can only use actual words (so you cannot fill the box with EEEEE to see if there is an E). Letters can be repeated (e.g. BOOKS).

If you need further advice, see Wordle's tips (opens in new tab).

Wordle was originally invented by software engineer Josh Wardle (opens in new tab) as a surprise for his partner, who loved word games. From there it spread to his family and was finally released to the public. The word puzzle game has since provided tremendous inspiration for games like Wordle (opens in new tab), focusing the daily gimmicks on music, math, and geography It wasn't long before Wordle became so popular that it was sold to the New York Times for a seven-figure price! (opens in new tab). Indeed, it will only be a matter of time before we all communicate using only tricolor boxes.