Don't worry if today's Wardle didn't go your way, we'll give you a gentle push toward victory with a hint from the puzzle from January 28 (953).

Today's game was not very noteworthy in terms of speed, but I had a lot of fun trying to extract the answer from the yellow I found. There was a wonderful moment when I was sure I had found the answer to a wordle, but I was wrong by one letter. Somehow it felt like an epic plot twist just for me.

These pieces of coal and firewood still glowed red, even after the flickering of the fire had died down.

Yes, letters are used twice in today's puzzle.

Anyone can play Wordle, but if you want to get good at it and make every guess count, these simple tips will help you start your Wordle winning streak:

Thankfully There is no time limit on how long you have to complete the puzzle:

Thankfully, there is no time limit on how long you have to complete the puzzle before midnight. So there is no reason why you can't treat this game like a casual newspaper crossword and come back to it later when you have a blank. Sometimes, after a short time away, you can come back to it with a fresh mind.

The answer to the 'Need a hand' January 28 (953) wordle is EMBER.

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 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 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.