Get your Monday Wardle off to a great start with our help. Looking for a speedy win? Then look no further than today's answer, a new clue for the August 12 (1150) Wordle.

When the first letter turned green, I knew this was an easy game. That's what I thought anyway. Had it not been the only green for a while, I might have thought so. And if it didn't actually require every letter of the alphabet and all six columns to find the answer to today's Wordle. Hopefully I'll have a better game tomorrow.

To win today, you need to name the type of boat. Specifically, a small one-person boat powered by sails or oars.

There are no double letters in today's puzzle.

If you've decided to play Wordle but don't know where to start, let me help you pave the way to your first winning streak. Make every guess count and become a Wordle winner with these simple tips:

There's no need to rush, because it's not a race against time. In fact, it's not a bad idea to treat this game like a casual newspaper crossword and come back to it later when you're blank. Sometimes it helps to step away for a while so you can come back with a fresh perspective.

Here's your first win of the week: the answer to the August 12 (1150) wordle is "SKIFF."

Answers to past Wordle puzzles help eliminate guesswork for today's Wordle. It also gives you ideas for starting words to keep your daily puzzle solutions fresh.

Here are the answers to the recent Wordle:

Each day you will be presented with 5 boxes in 6 columns, find the 5-letter words hidden in them and win the daily puzzle.

Start with strong words like ALIVE or words that have a good mix of common consonants and multiple vowels. Words that begin with repeated letters should also be avoided to avoid wasting chances to identify or delete extra letters. Type in your guess and press Enter to see which letters are correct or incorrect. If the box goes to ⬛️, it means that the character is not in the secret word at all. A 🟨 means the character is in the word but not in its position. 🟩 means that the correct letter is in the correct position.

The second guess should complement the first guess, using another "good" word to cover a common letter that may have been missed in the first line. After that, it is just a matter of using what you have learned to narrow down the correct word. In all, you can try six times, and only actual words can be used. 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.