Welcome back to your daily look at the Wordle answer – that’s right, we get up early, solve the puzzle (or hurl our phone at the wall) and tell you all about how we got there.
We know why you’re here – it’s attempt five or six, and you’re confused. Where on earth could that P go? What’s going on at the end? Just give me the answer, I don’t want to lose my streak.
Don’t go straight for the Wordle solution – that’s just too easy. Instead, let TechRadar talk you through to #255’s answer with some letter combinations, fill those gray and yellow squares with green and feel great about yourself.
(And if you do want the Wordle answer for today’s (Mar 1) puzzle, then you can just scroll straight down. No judgement, it’s a tough one today).
And we’re going further to help you, dear Wordle-r. Our gifted Wordle Pro, Lance Ulanoff, will be giving you his blow-by-blow diary every day as he shows you his workings and helps you, our very favorite reader, to get better at Wordle bit by bit.
Many of the team have been reading along and genuinely got better at Wordle-ing as a result – do the same and give yourself some brain training at the same time.
Today’s Wordle hint from TechRadar
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OK, today’s puzzle is a tricky one. We’re not going to beeat around the bush – there are three hints we want to give you to help:
There’s a double letter in thereThere are more vowels than consonantsIt’s a form of currency
That’s all we’re going to tell you – we decided to go rogue today and start with ‘YOURS’, which was a bold flex, to say the least.
If that’s not enough for you, then read on…
Other ways to find Wordle’s 5 letter words
Instead of scrolling to the Wordle answer section below, why not try a 5 letter word generator? There are loads of great tools online that can help you learn a bit more about the world of Wordle and how to get the right letters first – how about you check one of those out?
One of our favorites is WordFinderX, which allows you to put in letters at the start and the end if you know them and, crucially: allows you to enter any letters that don’t fit.
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Started to take advantage of the Words with Friends craze, this website has blatantly had a huge rise in traffic of late, but it really does do the job.
You can also try WordTips, which does the same thing but with a slightly kinder UI. We also like The Free Dictionary, but that only lets you use ‘contains’, ‘ends with’ or ‘starts with’ – as well as ‘unscramble’.
Right, now you can have the Wordle answer for today…
Today’s Wordle Answer #254 (Feb 28)
Right, we get it. It’s been a tricky one today. You don’t want to break your streak and it’s the last attempt. We get it.
Today’s Wordle answer is RUPEE. Yep, that’s a tricky one.
What does it mean? Well, this isn’t a long defnition: it’s the currency for India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mauritius, and the Seychelles.
You’re probably annoyed – like we were – as you thought it was a proper noun and shouldn’t be in there. But no, rupee isn’t capitalized and is thus not an issue for this one.
How did you do yesterday?
RIght – you’re clearly good at Wordle, and today was just a tricky one. That’s not a lie – it really was.
To prove this to you, try and remember how many attempts it took you to achieve answer #253, where this clever Twitter bot will count up who’s doing it when.
Remember the answer was CHANT? Well, here’s how people did (and remember 1% didn’t get it at all – which shows that it was a slightly easier one).
#Wordle 253 2022-02-27250,413 results found on Twitter.10,438 hard mode players.1: 1%2: 🟩🟩 9%3: 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 33%4: 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 33%5: 🟩🟩🟩🟩 16%6: 🟩 7%X: 1%#Wordle253February 28, 2022
Great Wordle alternatives
What about if you fancy a little bit of something else? Check back daily to see our growing list of alternatives you should try.
Wordle Unlimited
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Love a bit of Wordle but annoyed it only lasts one day? Well, why don’t you try Wordle Unlimited, the hugely unofficial game where you can play as many times as you like – and we’ve got all you need to know on how to use and play Wordle Unlimted ready for you.
Nerdle
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Such a different game to Wordle, but it gives your brain a different workout. Consider Wordle your long, steady state run and then Nerdle being the HIIT workout you (inexplicably) do next.
You’re asked to enter a sum of 8 numbers or symbols long… and apart from knowing it has to have some numbers and an equals in there, that’s all you get.
It’s a great play – plus there’s an ‘Instant Nerdle’ that shows you one line of semi-correct entries in the wrong place… and it’s up to you to get it. Lovely.
