Whether you are a veteran Wordle player or new to the addictive word puzzle, there are some days where everyone needs a helping hand.
Newsweek is here with some useful tips to find today's word.
The game, which was invented by Welsh-born, New York-based software engineer Josh Wardle, requires players to solve a mystery five-letter word in six tries or fewer.
Players are helped along with each clue using a color-coded system. Each correct letter in a guess turns green, or yellow if it's in the word but in the wrong place, or gray if it is incorrect.
Wardle originally came up with the idea for the daily game to entertain his partner, whom he knew loved to play word puzzles. Wardle decided to make the game public in October 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The game became such a hit that The New York Times purchased it in January 2022 for an undisclosed low seven-figure fee.
"I made something that I would like to exist on the internet," Wardle told Time in 2022. "That was never the goal, really, to make money. The goal was to make a game that my partner would enjoy playing."
If today's game has got you stumped, Newsweek has some handy hints. But be warned, the answer to today's puzzle will be revealed at the end of this article, so scroll slowly if you want to work it out yourself.
'Wordle' #859, Clues for Thursday, October 26
Newsweek has put together five clues to help you solve today's Wordle puzzle.
Hint #1: The answer contains three vowels.
Hint #2: There are no repeated letters in today's Wordle.
Hint #3: The first letter is a consonant.
Hint #4: The Wordle answer can be both a noun and a verb.
Hint #5: The word is a fancy way of saying, "to capture one's attention."
'Wordle' #859 Answer for Thursday, October 26
The answer to today's Wordle puzzle is "Pique."
The word as a verb means "to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff," according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. It can also be a synonym for "pride," as in "she piques herself on her ability to solve Wordle in three guesses or less."
As a noun, the definition of pique is "a transient feeling of wounded vanity."
When spelled with an accent on the final letter, piqué is a noun that refers to either "a durable ribbed clothing fabric of cotton, rayon, or silk" or "decoration of a tortoiseshell or ivory object with inlaid fragments of gold or silver."
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