Tuesday has arrived again and with it another puzzle to solve. But don’t worry, we’re here to help you with Wordle response for today, May 21, 2024.
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:
- Today’s word does not contain any repeated letters.
- The word contains two different vowels.
- This word starts with “D”.
- It is the name of a type of dog found in a country known for its vast wildlife.
Still not sure? Read on for the answer.
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Wordle answer for word 1067 from May 21, 2024
Even with the clues above, are you still not sure and want to continue with this?
The Wordle answer today is DINGO.
The process of arriving at “DINGO” was not easy. I started using one of the best words to start with, “AROSE”. With a total of zero results from my first guess, I moved on and tried a more common word. My second guess was “BINGE,” which gave me two letters. After trying “SINCE”, “PINKY”, and “JINGO”, I was only missing one letter, but I only got one try. After a quick search, I found “DINGO”.
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
“DINGO” is the name of an Australian dog and, as is the case with many animal names in different languages, it comes from the name given by a specific group of indigenous people. From the Dharruk language, “DINGO” meant “TAME DOG”.
Although this word was linked to a specific breed, for the English, “DINGO” was the word used to name all Australian wild dogs.
Wordle’s past answers for this week
And now, our “Previously on Wordle” segment! (I know “in” works better, but let me have this…) Last week, the following words appeared in Wordle:
- MONDAY May 20 – NICER
- SUNDAY May 19 – HITCH
- SATURDAY May 18 – SALTED
- FRIDAY May 17 – TUTOR
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!
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