Wordle was invented by a Welsh-born engineer by the name of Josh Wardle.
He came up with the daily puzzle, whose name is a play on his surname, for his girlfriend who loves playing word games.
Wardle decided to make the game public in 2021 at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, and within weeks it had amassed hundreds of thousands of players.
He eventually sold the game to The New York Times in early 2022, and it recently released the entire Wordle archive to its subscribers, making more than 1,000 past games available to play.
Wordle is seen on an iPhone in New York, February 6, 2022. ‘Newsweek’ has tips and hints to help you solve today’s puzzle.
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“We are thrilled to unlock the official Wordle archive for our subscribers,” Jonathan Knight, head of games at The New York Times, said in May. “This expansion is not just about playing past puzzles; it’s about deepening the connection our community has with Wordle and with each other.”
Part of Wordle’s appeal lies in its simplicity.
Players need to figure out a mystery five-letter word in six guesses or fewer. They are guided by a color-coded tile system to let them know if they are on the right track.
A green tile means the letter is correct, while yellow tells you the letter appears in the word, but is in the wrong spot. A gray tile shows that the letter does not appear in the word at all.
Wardle told Newsweek why he landed on a five-letter word as the sweet spot for the game.
“There is a reason that every word is five letters long and that you are allowed six attempts to guess it,” he said in an interview in January 2022. “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.”
If you need some help working out Saturday’s answer, check out our collection of clues below. But scroll with caution if you want to work out the answer for yourself because it is revealed at the end of this article.
‘Wordle’ #1,169, Clues for Saturday, August 31
Newsweek has put together five hints to help you figure out today’s Wordle puzzle.
Hint #1: Today’s Wordle answer is a noun and a verb.
Hint #2: There are no repeated letters.
Hint #3: The word contains two vowels.
Hint #4: The first letter is ‘S’.
Hint #5: One of the word’s meaning is speaking nonsense, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
‘Wordle’ #1,169, Answer for Saturday, August 31
The answer to today’s Wordle is “spout.”
Congratulations if you got it right, but don’t worry if you didn’t. Wordle updates every day at midnight in your local time zone so you’ll soon get another opportunity to play. Newsweek will be back with another round of hints and tips for each new game.
Players who would like something to keep themselves busy while they wait for the next Wordle can have a go at other word-based puzzles such as Typochondria.
