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I've been struggling with Wordle-related issues the past few days, so today's straight win was a refreshing change of pace. Had I not chosen the first two questions carefully, I don't think I would have been able to find today's Wordle answers on the third attempt.

Today's answer has several implications. One is a thick dressing, often made with sour cream. Another is a large farm for raising cattle or sheep. You only need to find one vowel sound, so once you have that, concentrate on that consonant.

There are no double letters in today's puzzle...

It's more about playing Wordle well than playing Wordle:

There is no pressure to complete it by midnight. So you can treat this game as something as casual as a newspaper crossword and come back to it later if you come up blank.

Let's get the weekend off to a good start: the answer to the June 17 (728) Wordle is "RANCH."

If you fill your memory bank with 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 shows five boxes in six columns each day.

You want to start with a strong word like ALERT, which contains multiple vowels, common consonants, and non-repeating letters; pressing Enter will display the correct or incorrect answer in the box. 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.

The second time, as a complement to the first, uses another "good" word to cover the common letter missed the last time and at the same time tries to avoid the letter that we now know for sure is not present in today's answer.

Then it is just a matter of using what you have learned to narrow down the correct word. You can try six times in all, 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. Also, if you want to know which words are already in use, scroll to the relevant section above.

Wordle was originally conceived by software engineer Josh Wardle as a surprise for his partner, who loved word games. From there it spread to his family and was finally released to the public. Since then, the word puzzle game has spawned a slew of Wordle-like games, focusing the daily gimmicks on music, math, and geography, and it wasn't long before Wordle became so popular that it was sold to the New York Times for a seven-figure sum. Indeed, it would only be a matter of time before we would be communicating solely through tricolored boxes.