Whether you're looking for a clue for today's Wordle or want to reveal the answer to the December 21 (550) puzzle with minimal effort, the solution to your Wordle woes is just a scroll or click away.

Having turned over two greens early on, we had little hope that today's Wordle would be smooth sailing. Unfortunately, they were common characters in obvious places, so there was still a lot of work left to do, narrowing down the possibilities over and over again until we finally found the answer we needed.

Today's answers all relate to the moon. The surface of the moon, rockets launched to the moon, calendars based on the lunar cycle rather than the solar, and other things related to that celestial body usually use these five-letter words. There are two types of vowels to be found 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; you can come back to it later if you come up empty.

Let the winning streak continue: the answer to the December 21 (550) Wordle is LUNAR.

If you memorize many past Wordle answers, you will have a better chance of guessing 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 within each box.

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 all of us will be communicating solely through the Tricolor box.