With our help, turn your Wednesday Wordle into an instant winner. And if you'd rather solve it yourself, which is more fun, but would appreciate help, why not take a look at the January 24 (949) clue instead?

In a way, this game was very straightforward: the first row was clear enough, the second row was helpful, and it led straight to the answer. In retrospect, however, it could have turned out much differently. I can't help but be thankful that my "Wordle brain" happened to be turned on this morning.

Important old objects and artifacts from the past can be explained using today's answers. Some of them are sacred, but most are merely antiques from a bygone era that have no use today.

No, there are no double letters in today's puzzles.

Playing Wordle well is like winning a small victory every day:

There is no time pressure. It doesn't hurt to come back later if you struggle to find an answer or find a tactical word for your next guess.

Just to be clear: the answer to the January 24 (949) Wordle is "RELIC."

Knowing past Wordle answers helps rule out current possibilities. Since the same word is unlikely to be repeated, it helps to find clues to guess or words that are unfamiliar.

Here are some recent Wordle solutions:

Wordle gives you six columns of five boxes each day, and your job is to eliminate or identify which five-letter word is hidden and which letter it contains.

You should start with strong words such as LEASH, i.e., words that contain multiple vowels, common consonants, and non-repeating letters; pressing Enter will show you the correct or incorrect letter in the box. If the box goes to ⬛️, it means the letter is not in the secret word at all. A 🟨 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, you should compliment the starting word, using another "good" guess to cover the common letter you missed last time, while avoiding the letter you now know for sure is not present in today's answer. Then simply use what you have learned to narrow down the correct word. You can try six times in all, and you can only use real words (so you can't fill the box with EEEEE to see if there is an E). Remember that 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.