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Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word
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Looking for the Wordle answer for Sunday 31 July 2022?It’s Sunday already, and where did half the weekend go? Instead of grappling with that unpleasant thought, why not turn your attention to today’sWordlepuzzle? I guarantee it’ll help get your mind back on track and help you enjoy the rest of today, or your money back. (That’s a joke. Wordle is free, and so is this guide! Even more good news.) If you’re having a bit of trouble with today’s answer, read on below for a series of carefully selected clues. Or, if you just want the full solution, scroll down beneath the video.
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Wordle July 31 hints
After some help with the Wordle answer today? Look no further than these clues:
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Today’s Wordle answer July 31
It’s time to reveal the answer to today’s Wordle. The word is…
CRAMP.
A cramp is a painful, involuntary contraction of a muscle, usually due to strain or fatigue, and I think we can all agree it sucks to get one. There’s not much more to be said about them, but because I like to be helpful, I’ll pass on this handy tip: quinine can help alleviate some cramps, so drinking tonic water can help with an acute case of muscle cramp. Just maybe leave off the gin: alcohol can make cramps worse, as can dehydration. The more you know! And now that you know today’s Wordle answer, be sure to keep it to yourself until tomorrow. Thank you for your kindness.
How did Wordle begin?
Are any Wordle words not allowed?
You can type in pretty much any five-letter word in the English language and Wordle will accept it as a guess. However, the answer is picked each day from a much smaller list of more common five-letter words. There are still thousands of possible answers, of course, but it means the answer will never be a word as obscure as, say, “THIOL”, or “CAIRD”, or “MALIC” (yes, those are all real words).
There are very occasional words which the New York Times will choose not to publish as the day’s Wordle answer, perhaps for reasons relating to recent news or politics. For example, shortly after news broke that Roe v Wade might be overturned in the United States, the NYT decided to change the March 30th word from “FETUS” to “SHINE”, as the feeling was that the word “fetus” was too politically charged a word in the context of recent events.
The New York Times has also been careful never to allow what they consider to be rude words as the answer to a Wordle puzzle. But of course there’s nothing stopping you from using even the dirtiest of words as guesses, as long as they’re accepted words in the dictionary, and as long as you realise that they’ll never end up being the answer.
Is Wordle getting too easy for you?
If after all that Wordle is still too easy for you, then you could always try one of the many other Wordle-inspired games online that have cropped up over the past year. One of our favourites isWorldle, in which you must guess a country of the world based on its shape. There’s alsoWaffle, which is about swapping letters in a completed grid to complete all the words;Moviedle, which shows you an entire movie in a tiny space of time and challenges you to guess the movie within six guesses; andQuordle, which tasks you with solving four Wordles at once with the same guesses.
If you want to brush up your Wordle game, be sure to take a look at our guide to thebest Wordle starting words. We also maintain a list of thepast Wordle answers, a handy reference if you’re wondering whether your next guess has already been used in the past.
Use ourWordle Solver toolto help you figure out the answer to any Wordle in moments! Just pop your current guesses in the grid and watch the tool instantly give you all the potential answers.
