If you're looking for today's Wordle (opens in a new tab) tips, see below for general tips and advice, as well as links to helpful guides and archives. Still stuck, scroll or click to find the answer for April 9 (659).

I had the pleasure of experiencing smooth, steady Wordle-ing today. No glorious early victories, no fumbling guesses at the end of the day, just a steady stream of clues and confirmations that made today's Wordle-ing game a quiet pleasure.

When everything is not going your way and everything is messy and confusing, today's wordle answer could be used to describe the situation. The word may also refer to a more gentle snag, error, or hitch. There are two vowels today.

No letter is used twice in today's puzzle.

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

Thankfully, you have until midnight to complete it! There is no time limit beyond that. So treat this game like a casual newspaper crossword, and there is no reason not to come back to it later when you are blank. Sometimes it helps to step away for a while so you can come back to it fresh.

Here's to your winning streak; the answer to the April 9 (659) Wordle is "SNAFU."

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). You can also scroll to the relevant section above if you want to know which words are already in use.

Originally, Wordle was invented by software engineer Josh Wardle (opens in new tab) as a surprise for his partner, who liked word games. From there it spread to his family and was finally released to the public. This word puzzle game then became a tremendous inspiration for games like Wordle (opens in new tab), which focused its 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.