Read as much Wordle (opens in new tab) help as you need, from advice on avoiding common guesses to answers for January 22 (582) in bold capital letters. If you prefer something less extreme, see today's Wordle tip just below.

I noticed that I got my answer very quickly today, which is a good thing, because I'm not sure how I would have gotten it if I had not been so busy. Either way, I love those days when everything works out and the answers just seem to be falling from my fingertips.

If you want to find today's answer, you might want to look at the vocabulary of British and Australian-style English. This informal word is used to describe someone who is friendly, good-natured, or good friends. Today we discover two different vowel sounds.

No letter is used twice in today's puzzle.

Anyone can play Wordle, but if you play Wordle well and want to make every guess count, these simple tips will help you start a Wordle winning streak:

Thankfully, by midnight There is no time limit on how long you have to complete it. So treat this game like a casual newspaper crossword, and there is no reason why you can't come back to it later if you have a blank spot. Sometimes, after going away for a while, you can come back to it with a fresh mind.

Keep winning The answer to the January 22 (582) wordle is MATEY.

Past Wordle answers give great ideas for fun starting words that will keep your daily puzzle solving fresh. It is also a good way to eliminate guesswork for today's Wordle, since the same answers are unlikely to be repeated.

Here are some recent Wordle answers:

Wordle offers five boxes with six columns each day, so to keep the winning streak going, you need to find the secret five-letter word hidden in them.

You should start with a strong word like ARISE (open in a new tab) or any other word with a good mix of common consonants and multiple vowels. You also do not want to start a word with repeated letters. Pressing the Enter key will tell you which one is right or wrong, because you will waste the chance to delete or check the extra letters. If the box goes to ⬛️, that means the character is not in the secret word. means the letter is in the word but not in that position. means that the correct letter is in the correct position.

The next guess complements the first guess, using another "good" word to cover a common letter that you may have missed last time, while at the same time trying to avoid a letter that you now know for sure is not present in today's answer. After that, it's just a matter of using what you've learned to narrow down the correct word. In all, you can try six times, and you can only use actual words. Remember that letters can also be repeated (e.g. BOOKS).

If you need further advice, see Wordle's tips (opens in a new tab). Also, if you want to know which words are already in use, scroll to the relevant section above.

Originally, Wordle was 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.