【Esther Studer】

Happy Friday, Wordlers! Our favorite word guessing game has magically refreshed itself and is awaiting your finest five-letter words. What could today's answer be? We've come up with a few hints and tips to help you along if you get stuck.

If you prefer to just find out the solution, you can scroll to the bottom of this article for April 29's Wordleanswer. But if you prefer to work through it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies.

Engineer Josh Wardle originally created Wordleas a gift for his partner (romance!), but the game quickly spread around the world towards the end of 2021. Now thousands of players across the globe play Wordleeach day, and it was purchased by the New York Timesearlier this year. 

Fans have also created numerous clones and riffs on Wordle, such as addictive music game Heardle, and variations like Dordleand Quordlethat have you trying to guess multiple words at once. Wordlehas also become unexpected content for livestreamers, with TikTok creators broadcasting themselves playing.

Not the day you're after? Here's the Wordleanswer for April 28.

More Wordle:Here's the April 30 Wordle answer #315.

What's the best Wordle starting word?

In the strictest sense, the "best" starting word is that day's answer. But for those of us not blessed with magical foresight, we have plenty of ideas to help you formulate a more strategic approach. The basic best practice is to pick a word that includes at least two different vowels, plus some common consonants such as S, T, R, or N.

Dig into the Wordle archive

There's a new Wordle every single day! But if you want more or feel like training up, the entire archive of past puzzles is available for you to play whenever you want.

Is Wordle getting harder?

Wordleisn't getting any harder — it just feels like it sometimes. However, Wordledoes have a Hard Mode you can switch on if you're craving more of a challenge.

Why are there two different Wordle answers some days?

Occasionally the Wordlegods will accept two different answers on a single day, even though half the fun is that everyone worldwide has to solve for the same word. This anomaly is due to changes the New York Timesmade to Wordleafter it acquired the puzzle game earlier this year.

Here's a subtle hint for today's Wordle answer:

It's a noun, and also a verb.

Does today's Wordle answer have a double letter?

Nope! All five letters appear just once.

Today's Wordle is a 5-letter word that starts with...

Today's Wordlesolution ends with the letter... T!

What's the answer to Wordle today?

Now's your last chance to guess today's Wordlebefore we reveal the answer!

Is your answer locked in?

The answer to Wordle #314 is...

TRASH.

Today's word is for the internet! Here on The Internet, we love trash — being it, watching it, trashing it. And today's word is a friendly mix of pretty common letters and letter combinations, so hopefully you were able to work it out.

But if you needed a little nudge, there's no shame in that — we still have many more Wordlepuzzles ahead of us. Come back tomorrow for more helpful clues and hints!

Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to today's Wordle.

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