Today’s Wordle Answer #245: Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022
If you need a hint for today’s Wordle answer, take a swig of tea (or even pour a pint of something a little stronger), and let the ideas swirl and swish around in your brain for a while. Our Wordle starting wordtoday was “POWER,” which we’ve used before but not in a while. What can we say? We’re big fans of the oft-underappreciated letter W, and perhaps a little bit Macchiavellian. Plus, it’s got two vowels, an R and another consonant in P. Not a bad choice, right? That W served us well today, as it was the only letter used in the puzzle, and now we had to figure out where to place it. Since R was already used and eliminated, we knew a word ending in W like “STRAW,” “SHREW” or “STREW” wasn’t in play. We tried out “SWING,” using S, I, N and G—all popular and ubiquitous word puzzle letters. It was a swing and a base hit! We tested out “SWIMS” next, knowing that the use of double letters often stumps and frustrates Wordlers (ourselves included) for not thinking of them sooner. Once those letters were all eliminated, there were few options left for the remaining letters other than “SWILL.” If you solved the puzzle in five tries or less, treat yourself to a swill of some cider later! In related Wordle news, cyber- and code-savvy players may have noticed a difference in the game recently. While The New York Times previously deniedmaking Wordle more challenging since purchasing the game, there has been one significant change they’ve made to it: They’re tracking your data, which the original Wordle never did. According to Gizmodo, some of the trackers are from The New York Times itself, while others send your data to other third party sites like Google. These sorts of trackers essentially follow your data and tailor ads to you wherever you go on the web. The New York Timesreportedly didn’t comment on the change. While these trackers are common for literally almost every other site on the Internet, if securing your data and privacy online are high on your priority list, you may want to opt for, say, Dordle, which reportedly (so far!) doesn’t track your data at all. Next, try out these Wordle tips and tricks (including recommended Wordle starting words) to get a leg up on tomorrow’s puzzle!
