EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is for Wordle answer #490; the October 22nd Wordle answer is available now.
A new Wordle is available for October 21st, and today's answer could trap players in an endless guessing game. For some, Wordle is a fun, light-hearted puzzle game to take up a small section of the morning, but for others, it's a stress-filled jaunt into the world of words. Whichever section players may fall into, today's word could cause a lot of grief. There is a strong chance that a player could be stuck in a trap of having too many options. However, if players have the right starting Wordle word, they could breeze right through this one.
There are many tricks the game employs that can increase the daily difficulty, including repeated letters, different regional spellings, and common suffixes or prefixes. It's easy for a player to get stuck trying to solve a Wordle word that ends in -ER or -ING since there are so many choices. With only six guesses, blindly throwing out words could lead to a quick ending for the day.
Today's Wordle Hints (October 21st #489)
For those players who just need a little extra push in the right direction, we've provided some hints before fully spoiling today's Wordle answer.
- Hint 1: There are no repeated letters in today's word.
- Hint 2: Today's answer is used to describe a small orchard or group of trees.
- Hint 3: If stuck, think of the Muppet that taught us all 'near' and 'far'.
Today's Wordle Answer (October 21st #489)
The October 21st Wordle answer is GROVE.
Today's puzzle almost became a chain-guessing loss for us, for our starting Wordle word we used IRATE. This provided two beneficial letters in the correct position, 'R' and 'E'. Continuing on our second attempt was PRONE which locked in the second vowel 'O' and left us with a template that could be a multitude of words. Our third attempt was DROLE which proved to be incorrect as well.
The stress started to mount in our fourth and fifth attempts, CHROME and BROKE, both incorrect and neither getting us much closer to the correct answer. Before committing to the final guess we stopped and really focused on what was left. With the letters that had been removed, there were really only two viable options, FROZE and GROVE. Luckily, we chose GROVE and scored the Wordle win-in-six, a tense game this morning but enjoyable as always.
