All the tips you need to win today's Wardle are here: find direction with tips written specifically for the January 21 (946) game, or flip the Wardle in an instant with today's answers. Whatever you need, we're here to help.

Somehow this Sunday's Wordle was solved so fast that my fingers found the answer before my brain realized the game had begun. Instead of gazing blankly at the rows of green and wondering how in the world I got there, to properly appreciate my victory.

Today's answer is the hemisphere where Polar Bear and Santa work and the base point at the top of the compass.

There are no double letters 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 a blank space arises. Sometimes, after a short time away, you can come back with a fresh mind.

End the weekend with a win; the answer to the January 21 (946) wordle is NORTH.

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

Here are some recent Wordle answers:

Wordle offers five boxes in 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 strong words like ARISE or other words that have a good mix of common consonants and multiple vowels. You also do not want to start with words that begin with repeated letters, as this wastes the chance to delete or check for extra letters; pressing Enter will tell you which ones are right or wrong. If the box goes to ⬛️, it means that the character is not in the secret word at all. A 🟨 means that 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 previous guess, using another "good" word to cover a common letter that you may have missed last time, while 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. Also, if you want to know which words are already in use, scroll to the relevant section above.

Wordle was originally invented by software engineer Josh Wardle as a surprise for his partner, who liked 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.