The answers to today's Wordle (open in new tab) are waiting just below, along with a wide range of useful tips, along with a hint written especially for April 21 (671). Take your pick.

I spent too much time today trying to hold the first green. In the end, that green didn't help me as much as I had hoped, and I was only able to solve one question, leaving the other four unsolved mysteries as before. But today's vocabulary was not a coherent day for me at all.

This word is the name of a narrow boat with pointed ends, which is propelled by paddles at both ends. This palindrome has only one vowel.

Yes, the vowel is used twice in today's Wordle.

A good start can make the difference between winning or losing a daily puzzle. There is nothing like a small victory to make the rest of your day more fulfilling:

There is no race against time in Wordle, so there is no need to rush through the answers. Treating the game like a casual newspaper crossword is also a good way to go. Going away for a while may be the difference between winning and losing.

Start Friday with a win; the answer to the April 21 (671) Wordle is KAYAK.

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's a recent Wordle answer:

Wordle offers five boxes in six columns each day, so to keep the winning streak going, you'll need to find the secret five-letter word hidden within 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 ⬛️, it means that the character is not in the secret word.

The second guess should complete the starting word, using another "good" word to cover the common letters missed in the previous guess, while avoiding the letters that we now know for sure are not present in today's answer. With luck, a few colored squares will be created and you will be on the right track.

Then it is just a matter of using what you have learned to narrow down the correct words. You can try six times in all, and you can only use actual words (you cannot fill in the box with EEEEE to see if there is an E). Letters may be repeated (e.g. BOOKS).

If you need further advice, see Wordle's Tip (opens in a new tab).

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 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). It is surely only a matter of time before all of us will be able to communicate only within the Tricolor box.