Wordle #1300, which appears in today, January 9‘s edition of the New York Times, can now be solved, and the readers are looking for clues on how to find the right word. The NYT word game gives the players six opportunities to figure out the correct five-letter word. If the player guesses a letter correctly and puts it in its correct position, it will appear green. Conversely, if the player places the correct letter incorrectly, its color will be yellow. And if the letter itself is incorrect, gray will be its color.
Here are hints and the answer for Wordle for today, January 9.
Wordle hint for January 9
Hint 1: How many vowels and consonants do the word have?
The word has two vowels and three consonants.
Hint 2: Does the word start with a vowel or a consonant?
The word starts with a consonant.
Hint 3: Give a few words that rhyme with today’s answer.
Safer, chafer, and shaffer.
Hint 4: Is the word a noun, verb, or adjective?
The word is generally used as a noun.
Hint 5: Give a vague description of the word.
The word has multiple associated meanings as a noun. One of them is a thin, crisp biscuit, candy, or cake.
What is the Wordle answer for today, January 9?
The answer for Wordle #1300 for today, January 9, is WAFER.
Besides the one mentioned above, wafer means the bread generally eaten during the Eucharist and certain types of thin semiconductors. Wafer can also serve as a verb, but only to denote that a “wafer” has been used to perform a task (such as to seal or close).
Today’s word was tricky, and we almost ran out of guesses trying to figure it out. We chanced upon the vowels and their placements almost accidentally and deduced the answer from there. One of the above-mentioned rhyming words, safer, was one of our guesses.
