Stuck on today's Wordle puzzle but don't want to give up? Newsweek has compiled a few hints to help you out.
The viral game, invented by Josh Wardle, a New York-based software engineer, is simple to follow. Players must guess one five-letter word per day and have six attempts to guess it. If a correct letter is in the right place, the tile will go green. If it is in the wrong place, it turns yellow. If it is not in the word at all, the tile goes gray.
Wardle invented it because he wanted a game "for me and my partner to enjoy" and refined it during the coronavirus lockdowns of 2020.
It then went public on November 1, 2021, and had 300,000 users on January 2, 2022, according to figures by Statista. The New York Times then purchased the game for an undisclosed seven-figure fee.
Speaking to Newsweek in January 2022, Wardle explained why he decided the game should always be about a five-letter word.
"There is a reason that every word is five letters long and that you are allowed six attempts to guess it. That might seem arbitrary but, with the prototype version, I tested different word lengths and experimented with the number of tries that players were allowed," he said.
"Through that process of refinement, I figured out that five letters and six tries was the ideal sweet spot. It's just limited enough to feel challenging and to make you think, but most of the time people still manage to solve it. So, you feel a real sense of real accomplishment."
The answer to today's Wordle is revealed further down this article, so be scroll down with caution.
Wordle #1,044, Clues for Sunday, April 28
Below are five clues to help you solve today's Wordle brainteaser.
Hint #1: The answer contains two vowels.
Hint #2: There are no repeated letters.
Hint #3: The third letter is a "U."
Hint #4: The second letter is a consonant.
Hint #5: The word has two meanings.
Wordle #1,044 Answer for Sunday, April 28 Game
The answer to today's Wordle is "prune" which in its noun form is defined by Merriam-Webster as "a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation" and as a verb "to cut off or cut back parts of for better shape or more fruitful growth."
Wordle is released at midnight in your local time zone. Newsweek will be back with another round of hints and tips for each new game.
While you wait for the next game, why not give the geography guessing game Worldle or other word puzzles a try?
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