Today’s Wordle clue and answer, Tuesday February 20 for 976

It’s time to curl up and warm up to face Wordle response for today, February 20.

For the uninitiated, the goal of Wordle is to find a five-letter word in six guesses every day. The fewer guesses, the better – and if you don’t get it right at all, you’ll end your streak.

This is why training today’s Wordle answer is such a priority because players take pride in continuing their streak. So why gamble on a risky final guess when you can learn a few clues and, failing that, get the definitive answer? This page can help you.

Once you’ve got the hang of today’s word, learn more about Wordle and how the New York Times got interested in games in this interview with NYTimes gaming editor Jonathan Knight. In keeping with the theme of words, we also explained why the NYTimes Mini Crosswords are a reliable joy.

Clues for today’s Wordle answer

Instead of jumping straight to the answer, you may only need a few clues to cross the line:

• There are no repetitive letters.
• This word ends with ‘H’.
• This word has a vowel.
• You can use this word to start a fire.

Still not sure? Read on for the answer.

Wordle answer for word 976 from February 20, 2024

Even with the clues above, are you still not sure and want to continue with this?

The Wordle answer today is MATCH.

It took me way too long to reach today’s Wordle answer and I had to throw out a few words just to get rid of the letters. “Tammy” was, in hindsight, a horrible guess, luckily “Math” served me much better (even though I had to use S which I already knew wasn’t in the answer) because it gave all the letters except one.

Now you have the answer, don’t spoil it for others! Don’t forget that you can share your spoiler-free results in the form of a grid.

Of course, no one should know that you came to this page to solve the problem. Maybe start by making a couple of false assumptions to confuse them, perhaps?

The etymology of today’s Wordle

Whether you’re talking about a match to light a fire or a match in terms of a pair of objects, this word has its origins in Middle English “Macche”. From there, however, the etymology of this word differs depending on its usage.

When considering “Match” in terms of lighting a fire, it appears that “Macche” comes from the old French word “Meiche” which refers to the “wick of a candle”. It may come from the Vulgar Latin word “Micca” and, although the origin of this word is unknown, it may be a version of “Myxa”, meaning “lamp wick”, from the Greek Anicent.

If you use ‘Match’ to refer to a set of objects or people, then its origins can be found in Old English ‘Mæcca’. It means “companion” or “companion” and comes from the Proto-Germanic word “gemæcca” meaning “to get along”.

Wordle’s Past Answers for Last Week

And now, our “Previously on Wordle” segment! (I know “in” works better, but let me have this…) This week the following words appeared in Wordle:

• Monday February 19 (975) – PRICE

If you want to know all the words that have graced Wordle in the past, check out our archive of past Wordle answers.

What to play after Wordle

Once your daily Wordle is over, the question is: what are you going to play now?

You can of course try the other word games offered by the New York Times, such as Spelling Bee, Mini Crossword and Letter Boxed. You can also try your luck at Connections, the daily Sudokus and Tiles – a rather additive pattern matching game.

There are also a range of games that have tweaked the Wordle formula. Squaredle challenges you to find a series of words by connecting letters in a four-by-four grid. Meanwhile, Dordle, Quorodly, Octordly and Sedecordle all stick to the standard Wordle, while increasing the number of words you need to find. The challenge lies in how your guesses count for all words. So you need to decide whether you are going to focus on a specific word or try to solve multiple words at the same time. Fortunately, the number of guesses given to you increases as the number of words you have to solve.

If you want to take a break from spelling, try GeoGuessr. Here you will be given an image of somewhere, anywhere, in the world and asked to place a marker on where you think that location is. There is even an Old School RuneScape version.

Hope you enjoyed playing Wordle today!