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Wordle hint and answer (#591): How to solve the Tuesday January 31 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for Jan 31? Read our hint or find the answer below!
Stuck on the Wordle word for Jan 31? Read our hint or find the answer below!
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Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?One of the cleverest things about the simple daily word guessing gameWordleis that each day might be easy for some but completely stump others, and it all depends on how your mind is working on the day, and the starting words you choose to use. Even an incredibly obscure word could be guessed very quickly if you happen to choose a starting word with 3 or more of the right letters. But on the flipside, even very simple words can completely elude you if you are unlucky with your starting guesses.
To help even the playing field a bit, we write these Wordle guides every day, and will continue to do so for as long as people keep playing Wordle. If you’re stuck on today’s solution, read on for our Wordle hints of the day and see if they spark any brainwaves. Failing that, scroll below the video to reveal today’s Wordle answer, and a definition for those who want it.
Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 26th December!
Wordle hint: Clues for the Jan 31 Wordle word today
Before we reveal the Wordle answer for today, why not see if you can figure out the solution with the help of our handy hints below:
Our first Wordle hint today is:
Today’s Wordle word has a consecutive double letter.
Our second Wordle hint today is:
Reverse the first three letters, and you have a fantasy creature.
Our third Wordle hint today is:
Today’s Wordle word relates to being annoyed or angry.
Still having some trouble finding today’s Wordle solution? To preserve your win streak, scroll down to reveal today’s Wordle answer, and a description of the word’s meaning.
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What is today’s Wordle answer on Jan 31?
It’s time to reveal the answer to today’s Wordle. The word is…
CROSS.
A fairly straightforward word today, but that’s not to say it was an easy solve. Consider, for example, the fact that players who quickly figured out the “OSS” would still have to find the answer out of “CROSS”, “DROSS”, “GROSS”, “FLOSS”, “GLOSS”… Just because a word is simple and well-known, doesn’t necessarily make finding it easy in Wordle.
What does the Wordle answer today mean?
How to share your Wordle results without spoilers
Use the built-in Wordle sharing feature to share your results without spoiling the answer!
Wordle has a built-in method of sharing your results in a spoiler-free way, so that those you sent it to don’t see today’s Wordle word itself, only the colours in your grid to show how well you did.
To share your Wordle results, simply complete (or lose) today’s Wordle, and then wait a moment for the statistics panel to appear on your screen. Then tap the “SHARE” button.
On PC this will simply copy the text into your clipboard, so you can then paste the text anywhere you wish, whether it’s a private message or a status update on social media. On iPhone or Android, when you tap the “SHARE” button you’ll have the option either to copy to clipboard, or to share the results directly to another app on your phone (such as WhatsApp or Twitter).
Using the built-in sharing feature of Wordle is a much nicer way of sharing your results than potentially spoiling the answer to those who haven’t yet had the chance to play today’s Wordle themselves. So we highly encourage you to use it!
How to play Wordle
Wordle is wonderfully simple. The aim is to guess the correct five-letter word within six guesses. After each guess, the letters of your chosen word will highlight green if they’re in the correct place, yellow if they’re in the wrong place, or grey if they don’t appear in the word at all.
Using these clues you can start to narrow down the correct word. Head over to theWordlesite to try it for yourself!
How did Wordle begin?
Are any Wordle words not allowed?
Youcan type in any words you like, but be aware that the actual answer will never be a rude word.
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 need some help with future Wordles, be sure to check out our list of thebest Wordle starting wordsfor the greatest chance of success. You can also check out our archive ofpast Wordle answersto see which words have been chosen previously.
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.
