Take a break, read our tips and learn how to get the most out of your daily Wordle guesses. Want to know more" No problem, you can use our tips for the August 4 (1142) game, or go for the best bits with the answers to today's game. Whatever your style of play, we'll help you win.

After yesterday's embarrassing performance, we'll consider today's Wardle a bit of a victory. The early going was green and it didn't take me too long to discover the answer. I could have gone another row faster."

Yes, I know. But all things considered, it wasn't a total disaster.

This means reducing something or moving it to a less elevated position. A recipe might require, for example, that the heat of the stove or oven be adjusted this way before adding the ingredients.

There are no double letters in today's puzzle.

Anyone can play Wordle, but if you want to play Wordle well and make every guess count, take a look at these simple tips:

Thankfully, you have until midnight to complete it. There is no time limit. So treat this game like a casual newspaper crossword, and if you come up blank there is no reason you can't come back to it later. Sometimes, if you go away for a while, you can come back to it with a fresh mind.

I need a little help" The answer to the August 4 (1142) wordle is LOWER.

Past Wordle answers give great ideas for fun starting words to keep your daily puzzle solutions 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 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 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.