Today’s Wordle clue and answer Sunday June 9 for 1086

If solving a word puzzle proves a little too demanding for a leisurely Sunday, don’t worry! We can help you with Wordle response for today, June 9, 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:

• The word contains a vowel.
• Today’s word repeats a letter.
• The word starts with “K”.
• This is the name of a water-type creature that you can befriend in the game Yo-Kai Watch 2.

Still not sure? Read on for the answer.

Wordle answer for word 1086 from June 9, 2024

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

The Wordle answer today is KAPPA.

To be honest, “KAPPA” is not one of the words I expected in this game. For my first attempt at finding the answer, I settled on “RATES”, a word I like to use. With an “A” revealed in the second place, I decided to try “FAUNA”. Okay, now I had two “A’s”. From then on I tried “SAMBA”, “PAMPA” and “NAPPA”. I finally arrived at “KAPPA”, but only after discovering the other four letters.

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

Although the word “KAPPA” has recently been used in unexpected contexts, such as in live broadcasts where it began the name of an emote, the origin of this word goes back a long way. First, in the 14th century, the word was already used as the name of the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet. It comes from the Hebrew word “QOPH”.

When used in games, in most cases the word “KAPPA” actually comes from the Japanese language. The compound word “KAPAWARAPA” was replaced with “KAPPA”, which is the name of a mythological creature from Japanese folklore.

Wordle’s past answers for this week

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

• SATURDAY June 8 – SO
• FRIDAY June 7 – MELON
• THURSDAY June 6 – ETHER
• WEDNESDAY June 5 – ORGAN
• TUESDAY June 4 – MARRIED

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!