Win your way through today's Wordle. Feel free to refresh your daily game with guides and general tips, take a look at helpful hints if you want general tips, or simply scroll or click directly on the answers to the January 14 (574) puzzle if you want to be sure of winning.

I love when a plan comes together, or more accurately, when a bit of inspiration hits me out of nowhere and what felt like a ridiculous idea turns into a solid green line of Wordle victory.

Today's answer to Wordle is the name of a gray, hairy, and rather cute Australian marsupial that likes to munch on leaves in eucalyptus trees. Today there are two vowels, one of which is used twice.

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

"Lack of reasoning remaining" No problem, the answer to the January 14 (574) Wordle is KOALA.

If you memorize many past Wordle answers, you 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 shows five boxes in six columns each day, and it is up to you to decide which five-letter word is hidden in 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 we all communicate using only tricolor boxes.