Today’s Wordle clue and answer, Wednesday January 31, for 956

January is unfortunately coming to an end, so it’s time to say goodbye by resolving the Wordle response for today, January 31.

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 repeating letters in this word.
• Today’s word contains a vowel.
• This fourth letter is “K”.
• Today’s word can be used to describe an object that is bulky and difficult to transport.

Still not sure? Read on for the answer.

Wordle answer for word 956 from January 31, 2024

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

The Wordle answer today is VOLUMINOUS.

I’m pretty proud to say that I reached today’s answer on my fourth guess, which was broken because I usually get stuck on words containing a “K”. My journey started with “Arise” before visiting “Could” and “Pully” en route to “Bulky”.

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

When we discuss the etymology of “Bulky,” we are actually talking about the origins of “Bulk.” It comes from the Old Scandinavian, maybe Old Norse, word “Bulki”, which is such a fun spelling. Bulki meant both “a heap” and “a ship’s cargo.”

When we look at Old English, it is possible that “Bulk” was also created through confusion with the word “bouk”, which in Old English means “belly”.

Wordle’s past answers for this week

And now our “Previously on Wordle” segment! (I know “in” works better, but let me have this…) Yesterday we were treated to this delightful response from Wordle:

• Tuesday January 30 (955) -EXPEL
• Monday January 29 (954) – Long legs

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?

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!