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Yahoo
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Wordle hints today for #1,462: Clues and answer for Friday, June 20
Hey, there! The weekend is right around the corner. Let's make sure your Wordle streak stays in one piece before we get there. For those looking for some help with that, here's our daily Wordle guide with some hints and the answer for Friday's puzzle (#1,462). It may be that you're a Wordle newcomer and you're not completely sure how to play the game. We're here to help with that too. Wordle is a deceptively simple daily word game that first emerged in 2021. The gist is that there is one five-letter word to deduce every day by process of elimination. The daily word is the same for everyone. Wordle blew up in popularity in late 2021 after creator Josh Wardle made it easy for players to share an emoji-based grid with their friends and followers that detailed how they fared each day. The game's success spurred dozens of clones across a swathe of categories and formats. The New York Times purchased Wordle in early 2022 for an undisclosed sum. The publication said that players collectively played Wordle 5.3 billion times in 2024. So, it's little surprise that Wordle is one of the best online games and puzzles you can play daily. To start playing Wordle, you simply need to enter one five-letter word. The game will tell you how close you are to that day's secret word by highlighting letters that are in the correct position in green. Letters that appear in the word but aren't in the right spot will be highlighted in yellow. If you guess any letters that are not in the secret word, the game will gray those out on the virtual keyboard. However, you can still use those letters in subsequent guesses. You'll only have six guesses to find each day's word, though you still can use grayed-out letters to help narrow things down. It's also worth remembering that letters can appear in the secret word more than once. Wordle is free to play on the NYT's website and apps, as well as on Meta Quest headsets and Discord. The game refreshes at midnight local time. If you log into a New York Times account, you can track your stats, including the all-important win streak. If you have a NYT subscription that includes full access to the publication's games, you don't have to stop after a single round of Wordle. You'll have access to an archive of more than 1,400 previous Wordle games. So if you're a relative newcomer, you'll be able to go back and catch up on previous editions. In addition, paid NYT Games members have access to a tool called the Wordle Bot. This can tell you how well you performed at each day's game. Before today's Wordle hints, here are the answers to recent puzzles that you may have missed: Yesterday's Wordle answer for Thursday, June 19 — CURIO Wednesday, June 18 — MUNCH Tuesday, June 17 — PRANK Monday, June 16 — PETTY Sunday, June 15 — QUAIL Every day, we'll try to make Wordle a little easier for you. First, we'll offer a hint that describes the meaning of the word or how it might be used in a phrase or sentence. We'll also tell you if there are any double (or even triple) letters in the word. In case you still haven't quite figured it out by that point, we'll then provide the first letter of the word. Those who are still stumped after that can continue on to find out the answer for today's Wordle. This should go without saying, but make sure to scroll slowly. Spoilers are ahead. Here is a hint for today's Wordle answer: A brownish-gray color named after the French word for "mole." There are no repeated letters in today's Wordle answer. The first letter of today's Wordle answer is T. This is your final warning before we reveal today's Wordle answer. No take-backs. Don't blame us if you happen to scroll too far and accidentally spoil the game for yourself. What is today's Wordle? Today's Wordle answer is... TAUPE Not to worry if you didn't figure out today's Wordle word. If you made it this far down the page, hopefully you at least kept your streak going. And, hey: there's always another game tomorrow.
Forbes
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Today's NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Friday, June 20th
Looking for help with today's NYT Mini Crossword puzzle? Here are some hints and answers for the ... More puzzle. In case you missed Wednesday's NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you can find the answers here: It's the last day of spring and the first day of summer. June 20th, the longest day of the year. It's also my birthday! I have birthday stuff to do, so let's dive right into this crossword! The NYT Mini is a smaller, quicker, more digestible, bite-sized version of the larger and more challenging NYT Crossword, and unlike its larger sibling, it's free-to-play without a subscription to The New York Times. You can play it on the web or the app, though you'll need the app to tackle the archive. Across 1A. Org. defending individual rights — starts with the first letter A 5A. Repeated words that lead up to … — starts with the first letter H 7A. What puzzle solvers don't look down on — starts with the first letter A 8A. … a big cheer! — starts with the first letter H 9A. Hathaway who starred in 'The Princess Diaries' — starts with the first letter A Down 1D. Garment on which it's totally acceptable to get food stains — starts with the first letter A 2D. Doing the dishes or mowing the lawn — starts with the first letter C 3D. Younger sister to Bart, older sister to Maggie — starts with the first letter L 4D. '… ___-daisy!' — starts with the first letter O 5D. Bit of laughter — starts with the first letter R 6D. Image of a compass, for Safari — starts with the first letter I Across 1A. Org. defending individual rights — ACLU 5A. Repeated words that lead up to … — HIPHIP 7A. What puzzle solvers don't look down on — ACROSS 8A. … a big cheer! — HOORAY 9A. Hathaway who starred in 'The Princess Diaries' — ANNE Down 1D. Garment on which it's totally acceptable to get food stains — APRON 2D. Doing the dishes or mowing the lawn — CHORE 3D. Younger sister to Bart, older sister to Maggie — LISA 4D. '… ___-daisy!' — OOPSY 5D. Bit of laughter — RAH 6D. Image of a compass, for Safari — ICON Today's Mini This wouldn't have taken me a full 2 minutes but I kept getting distracted. What can I say? Birthdays are like that. For the most part, these were pretty straightforward. HIP HIP HOORAY! My one mistake was putting in HOHO instead of HAHA and that threw me for a minute. But I got better! Have a great first day of summer, dearest puzzle solvers! How did you do? Let me know on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. If you also play Wordle, I write guides about that as well. You can find those and all my TV guides, reviews and much more here on my blog. Thanks for reading!
New York Times
9 hours ago
- Sport
- New York Times
Connections: Sports Edition hints for June 20, 2025, puzzle No. 270
Need help with today's Connections: Sports Edition puzzle? You've come to the right place. Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores. A quick public service announcement before we continue: The bottom of this article includes one answer in each of the four categories. So if you want to solve the board hint-free, we recommend you play before continuing. Advertisement You can access Friday's game here. Game No. 270's difficulty: 3 out of 5 Scroll below for one answer in each of the four categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yellow: DIRT Green: SPOTTER Blue: PLAYER Purple: YAMAL The next puzzle will be available at midnight in your time zone. Thanks for playing — and share your scores in the comments! (Illustration: John Bradford / The Athletic)
Forbes
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Today's ‘Wordle' #1462 Hints, Clues And Answer For Friday, June 20th
How to solve today's Wordle. Looking for Thursday's Wordle hints, clues and answer? You can find them here: It's a big day today for several reasons. The first, obviously, is that it's 2XP Friday so Competitive Wordle players double your points, good or bad. Second, it's both the last day of spring and the first day of summer. The Summer Solstice takes place today. And finally, it's my 44th birthday. I am a palindrome for the first time in 11 years. Alright, let's solve this Wordle! The Hint: A color. The Clue: This Wordle has more vowels than consonants. Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming! FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder . . . Today's Wordle Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here. I guessed SPINE today because I just visited a spinal doctor and learned that I have something called Scheuermann's Disease, which isn't as bad as it's spelled but also isn't great. SPINE, however, was a pretty great opening guess. With 31 words left, I decided to try all new letters on guess #2. ABORT slashed the remaining number down to just two: PLATE or TAUPE. I almost went with PLATE, but decided to be bold and guess the less likely of the two. I'm glad I did. TAUPE was the Wordle! Huzzah for me! Today's Wordle Bot Just like yesterday, the Bot and I each get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying. This bumps our June totals to: Erik: 13 points Wordle Bot: 10 points The word "taupe" comes from the French word taupe, meaning 'mole' (the animal). It originally referred to the grayish-brown color of a mole's fur. The French word itself derives from Latin talpa, also meaning 'mole.' The word was first used in English in the late 19th century, as a color name. Let me know how you fared with your Wordle today on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Also be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me here on this blog where I write about games, TV shows and movies when I'm not writing puzzle guides. Sign up for my newsletter for more reviews and commentary on entertainment and culture.
The Guardian
14 hours ago
- General
- The Guardian
Sudoku 6,937 hard
Click here to access the print version. Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9. To see the completed puzzle, buy the next issue of the Guardian (for puzzles published Monday to Thursday). Solutions to Friday and Saturday puzzles are given in either Saturday's or Monday's edition.
