Whether you need a clue for today's Wordle, a helpful hint or advice for your daily game, or just want to know the answer to the puzzle for December 12 (541) as soon as possible for the sake of a winning streak, everything you need is on this page.

The last challenge of the day ended up being one letter off, but this loss still felt like a small victory since I had to fight to scrape up the rare green and yellow. I may not have made it to today's vocabulary book, but I almost turned what was a complete washout into a victory.

Today's answer is often and widely used. The word can mean that it is relevant to the current situation. It is also used to formally request something in a letter. It is also used when adding something to a surface, such as painting a wall or polishing a nail. Consonants are used twice today.

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 a casual newspaper crossword, and if you come up blank, just come back to it later.

Let's start the week with a win: the answer to the December 12 (541) Wordle is "APPLY."

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 already used answer. 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.