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• US Government is reportedly considering a ban on TP-Link devices
• TP-Link supplies 65% of home routers in the US
• The routers were targeted in a series of cyberattacks earlier in 2024

The US Government is considering an all-out ban on TP-Link devices, despite the company's routers supplying roughly 65% of US homes and small businesses.

A report from the Wall Street Journal noted officials are citing national security concerns as the cause of the potential ban after the Chinese-made routers were ‘bombarded’ with malware and botnet threats earlier in 2024.

Known vulnerabilities in TP-Link devices allowed hackers to infect them with malware and compromise the machines, most commonly using Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.

TP-Link security risk?

Looking forward, the departments of Defense, Justice, and Commerce could issue a ban on the sale of the routers in the coming months, especially considering this decision will likely rest with incoming President Trump, who has signaled strong intentions to take a tough stance on China.

In 2019, TP-Link supplied only 20% of home routers, but now over 300 US internet service providers currently issue TP-Link as the default internet router for home plans, and this number is growing rapidly. The devices are typically cheaper than competitors, often by over half, making them an incredibly popular choice.

The routers aren’t just for home use either, with federal agencies such as NASA and the DEA using the brand, which could leave them exposed to Chinese state sponsored attacks, although US officials have not yet disclosed any evidence that TP-Link has allowed or assisted in these botnet attacks.

It’s not uncommon for routers to have vulnerabilities, but the concerns reportedly come from TP-Link’s refusal to engage with security researchers. The company insists it has taken action to address known vulnerabilities and assess potential security risks, a spokesperson confirmed.

“We welcome any opportunities to engage with the U.S. government to demonstrate that our security practices are fully in line with industry security standards, and to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to the U.S. market, U.S. consumers, and addressing U.S. national security risks,” a TP-Link spokesperson said.

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• 87% of IT professionals agree there is a lack of gender diversity
• Three in four businesses struggle to hire and keep the right talent
• More women in tech would contribute to more than just inclusivity

New research from ISACA has confirmed that a troubling outlook for the IT industry remains – gender diversity remains a key challenge for the sector, and according to the research, not enough companies are doing enough to solve it.

Nine in 10 (87%) IT professionals surveyed for the report agree there is a notable lack of gender diversity within the sector, but not even half (41%) of companies have programs dedicated to hiring more women in tech.

The data comes from more than 7,700 tech professionals globally, highlighting the scale and extent of the challenge.

We need more women in tech

The report adds three in four (74%) businesses worldwide struggle to attract and retain talented professionals. They recognize they need broader pools of candidates and more robust talent pipelines to fill roles and plug skills gaps, yet they’re still not taking sufficient steps to hire more women.

Moreover, the lack of women in tech is making it even more inaccessible for women – two in five (43%) women say that a lack of female role models in IT is a critical factor. Only one in five (21%) men see this as an issue.

Furthermore, here we are just days away from 2025 and we’re still talking about pay inequality; 42% of women agree that this contributes to underrepresentation.

Speaking about the inclusivity and diversity benefits associated with encouraging and supporting more women in tech, ISACA Chief Membership Officer Julia Kanouse commented: “More needs to be done to increase the representation of women in the IT and technology sector – and more needs to be done to welcome their leadership and influence.”

Setting out a series of New Year’s Resolutions, the survey’s respondents are urging businesses to provide mentors or role models (52%), support more networking events for women in tech (42%) and hire more female tech processors (31%).

"Having a workforce of people with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to bring to the table is not only the right thing to do – it’s also a business imperative that makes an organization more innovative and it’s work that much more efficient and effective," noted ISACA's SheLeadsTech initiative UK and Europe lead, Sarah Orton.

"Progress has been made – but the sector has more work to do, and ISACA is supporting this important work.”

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• Lead architect of the PS5 and PS5 Pro, Mark Cerny, has announced a new collaboration between Sony and AMD codenamed 'Amethyst'
• The first goal is to create "a more ideal architecture for machine learning", as well as develop a high quality set of CNNs for game graphics
• Cerny said this collaboration is "multi-year" but we shouldn't "expect a massive hardware announcement immediately coming out of this"

PlayStation console architect Mark Cerny has announced a new collaboration between Sony and AMD codenamed 'Amethyst' to develop machine learning technology across various devices.

Mark Cerny, lead architect of the PS5 and PS5 Pro, presented a technical seminar yesterday, offering a deep dive into the mid-generation console and its new PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) technology.

During the presentation, Cerny also revealed that Sony is furthering its current partnership with AMD - which already collaborates on the PS5 and PS5 Pro's GPUs - to develop machine learning in games in a new project called 'Amethyst'.

"With Amethyst, we’ve started on another long journey and are combining our expertise with two goals in mind," Mark Cerny said.

"The first goal is a more ideal architecture for machine learning. Something capable of generalized processing of neural networks but particularly good at the lightweight CNNs needed for game graphics and something focused around achieving that Holy Grail of fully-fused networks."

Cerny explained that the second goal is to develop "in parallel, a set of high quality CNNs for game graphics" to will help further graphical capability.

"Both SIE and AMD will independently have the ability to draw from this collection of network architectures and training strategies, and these components should be key in increasing the richness of game graphics as well as enabling more extensive use of ray tracing and path tracing," he said.

Cerny also spoke to Digital Foundry in a Q&A following the presentation to discuss more about the AMD collaboration. The developer said that it's a "deep collaboration" that's "multi-year", but that we shouldn't "expect a massive hardware announcement immediately coming out of this".

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• Supposedly leaked renders show the front of both the Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus and Ultra
• The designs appear similar to the S24 line, but with curvier corners on the Ultra
• This leak lines up exactly with previous leaked images

You can tell we’re getting close to the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S25 series, as there are seemingly new leaks about these phones every single day. Indeed, today’s leak takes the form of some renders showing the front of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and Galaxy S25 Plus.

Shared by Evan Blass – a leaker with a superb track record – these images don’t really show anything new, but they provide yet more evidence that Samsung will be changing the design of the Ultra by giving the new model curvier corners than the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra.

That said, the corners are still less curvy in these images than those of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus, presumably so that it will still be easy to distinguish Samsung’s top phone from the rest of the S25 line.

The Galaxy S25 Plus (left) and the S25 Ultra (right) (Image credit: Evan Blass)

Corners aside, you can see in these images that the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra unsurprisingly has slightly smaller bezels than the S25 Plus. In fact, we’d recently heard that the Galaxy S25 Ultra might have the smallest bezels of any phone.

You can also see that both phones have a single-lens punch-hole camera at the top-center of the screen, which is in line with their predecessors.

Similar from the back, too

Sadly, we can’t see the back of the phones here, but previous leaks – including photos of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus and renders of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra – have shown us their rear panels. Going by those, these phones look a lot like their predecessors from the back, albeit with darker rings around the camera lenses.

So, we’re not expecting drastic design changes, but of course the Samsung Galaxy S25 colors probably will differ from those of the Samsung Galaxy S24 series, and bigger changes are expected on the inside – including the likely presence of a top-end Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset.

The Samsung Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25 Plus, and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra are all widely rumored to be launching on January 22, so we should know exactly what they have to offer soon.

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• The OnePlus Open 2 could have a huge 5,900mAh battery
• Improved performance and waterproofing are also tipped
• We should see the phone show up in early 2025

Having loved the OnePlus Open, we're ready and waiting for the OnePlus Open 2 to be revealed in the first few months of 2025 – and the latest leak around the foldable has raised the anticipation level up a few more notches.

According to well-known tipster @chunvn8888, the OnePlus Open 2 is going to come with some key hardware upgrades. Those upgrades include a 5,900mAh battery (up from 4,805mAh in the first model), which would be the biggest battery in a foldable to date.

That's not all: the handset is set to come with IPX9 waterproofing – taking this foldable phone from "splash resistant" with the 2023 model to truly waterproof for the 2025 edition – and the top-end Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset from Qualcomm.

The phone will apparently be led by a 50MP camera on the rear, with the same 3x optical zoom as previously. The cameras on the back are said to be arranged in a W shape, so it seems something of a redesign is on the way as well.

The rumors so far

OPPO/OnePlus foldable will have a big comeback sometime during Q1/2025, and ofc global release is guaranteed. It will pack the biggest battery size for a foldable (5900mAh) in one of the slimmist form on market , IPX9 debut, 50MP W shape IMX882 3x tele, 8 Elite SoC.December 19, 2024

This new information lines up pretty well with the OnePlus Open 2 rumors we've heard so far, though a previous leak put the battery size at a mere 5,700mAh. That leak said the new phone would be slimmer than its predecessor too, which is backed up by @chunvn8888.

The latest tip also mentions a launch window of Q1 2025 – so January, February, or March. Again, that's something we've heard before, so it's looking increasingly likely that the foldable will break cover before we're too far through next year.

In our OnePlus Open review, we described it as the first foldable we'd seen that didn't compromise on anything – though since then the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold have arrived to give OnePlus some new competition.

It certainly sounds as though the OnePlus Open 2 is going to be a major upgrade on the first model, and the kind of phone that's going to find a place in our best foldables list. As soon as anything is made official, we'll let you know.

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• Samsung OLED model numbers for 2025 may have leaked
• It reveals sizes as well as names
• Models are moving from D to F and we don't know why

It's quite common for new tech to leak when it's submitted to regulatory bodies for approval: the databases of those bodies are typically open to the public, and that means eagle-eyed tech watchers can often find new model numbers and other details well in advance of any official launch. And it looks like three Samsung smart TVs have just arrived on one of those databases with a surprising change.

According to DisplaySpecifications (via Notebookcheck), there are references to multiple new Samsung OLED TVs in the South Korean regulatory database with a product code ending in F, rather than the D used for 2024 TVs: the S85F, the S90F and the S95F. And that raises an interesting question: what happened to the E TVs?

What the F?

The current crop of Samsung TVs have model designation D, such as the Samsung S90D OLED. But according to the records in the database, Samsung is skipping E altogether. We have no idea why.

The original actually report suggests that the S85F TV may use QD-OLED panels in some cases, but we'd be surprised if that’s the case: the S85 models are usually W-OLED to keep them affordable and we'd be amazed if that changes in 2025

We're expecting the S90F to continue to use a mix of QD-OLED and W-OLED in different sizes in 2025, based on the sizes listed here.

According to the report, you can expect the S85F series to come in 55, 65, 77 and 83 inches in the US and from 55 to 77 inches in Europe.

The S90F will come in sizes from 48 to 83 inches in the US and the same in Europe; and the S95F series will range from 55 to 83 inches in the US and Europe. If you've been following the sizes of the Samsung S95D, you might note that the 83-inch size is new here, and since Samsung doesn't mix QD-OLED and W-OLED panels in this model, it suggests that the leak of an 83-inch QD-OLED last month from Samsung's own parts database is going to result in a new size of elite TV.

There's no information about these TVs beyond the surprise name jump and the sizes, but we're expecting to see the new models unveiled at CES 2025. Samsung's had a great run among the best OLED TVs, so we're excited to see the new models.

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• Creature Commandos episode 4 showed off the DCU's Justice League for the first time
• DC Comics' most iconic superteam, though, don't appear in the manner you'd expect
• Showrunner Dean Lorey says fans "shouldn't infer" anything from the brief scene, either

Creature Commandos episode 4 has handed us a first look at the DC Cinematic Universe's (DCU) Justice League, but not in the way many would've predicted

I didn't expect the Max series' fourth episode, titled 'Chasing Squirrels', to mark the supergroup's debut in James Gunn and Peter Safran's rebooted DC Universe, but here we are. Well, I'm using the word 'debut' pretty liberally here, because they only show up in the briefest of scenes that showrunner Dean Lorey says you and I "shouldn't infer" anything from said sequence.

Full spoilers immediately follow for Creature Commandos' fourth chapter, so turn back now if you haven't streamed it yet.

Well, this is an inauspicious debut for the Justice League in the DCU... (Image credit: DC Studios/Max)

As I said, the scene in question isn't a full introduction to the DCU's Justice League. Seven minutes into 'Chasing Squirrels', ARGUS chief Amanda Waller is shown a vision of the future by Circe, the series' apparent villain-in-chief and who's one of three big teases in Creature Commandos that predate Wonder Woman's DCU debut.

But I'm getting off track. Circe, who was captured by the eponymous team in one of the best Max shows' fourth entry, attempts to tell Waller, Rick Flag Sr., and John Economos that Princess Ilana and Pokolistan, the nation she rules over, aren't what they seem. In a bid to convince them further, Circe says she can use her clairvoyant abilities on Waller to show her a vision of a potential future where Ilana and Pokolistan tyranically rule over the world.

Let's hope David Corenswet's Man of Steel fares far better in today's (December 19) Superman movie trailer reveal... (Image credit: DC Studios/Max)

It's here where the Justice League appear – kind of, anyway. You see, as part of Waller's vision, we see the Justice League, plus numerous other DC heroes and antiheroes, crucified, impaled on spears, or lying dead on a skull-littered ground. Among those depicted in this sequence are DC's iconic trifecta of superheroes, aka Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman.

They aren't the only ones, though. I also spotted Robin, Peacemaker, Supergirl, one of the Green Lantern Corps, Hawkgirl, Vigilante, and what appears to be a comics-accurate Aquaman (complete with blonder hair) among the dead. Let me know if you picked out anyone else, such as The Flash, Cyborg, and Martian Manhunter.

What did you do, Ilana!? (Image credit: DC Studios/Max)

There are plenty of questions raised by Circe's premonition. How powerful is the country of Pokolistan if it's able to not only conquer the world, but also defeat so many metahumans? Is this a future that will happen or may only do so if Task Force M doesn't stop Ilana? And is there anything we should read into the Justice League and their fellow heroes' deaths in this DCU Chapter One project? Unfortunately, if you came here looking for answers to the above and any other queries you have, Lorey can only provide one answer, but it's a pretty categorical one all the same.

"That scene is specific to the story [of Creature Commandos]," Lorey replied when I asked him if it sets up future scenarios in the DCU. "It's not really meant to infer anything but, you know, it was meant to do what it does, which is show a very dark vision of the world if something isn't done to prevent it. But, no, I would say fans shouldn't infer anything about the Justice League [from that]."

Consider that case closed, then! For more of my Creature Commandos and wider DCU coverage, check out the section below.

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With the news that several large corporations such as Amazon are insisting their employees return to the office full time, it could be thought that the hybrid working revolution was merely a blip caused by lockdown necessity.

It remains to be seen whether this reversion will be successful or whether it will cause another wider adjustment as employees seek the employment that best reflects their needs.

Certainly, it should be seen as part of the continuum of an accelerating process of realignments as issues including trust, technology, productivity, creativity, family, finance and mental health shape the future of work.

Why hybrid working is still a necessity

Whether hybrid working remains a part of an organization's primary working strategy or not, it is critical that they retain the capability to do so to ensure business resiliency. The disruptions that impact physical office attendance will continue to exist and may well increase as the world becomes more unpredictable. From severe weather events to social unrest and global political shifts, there are a plethora of problems which will undermine attempts to confidently forecast mid to long-term plans.

The ability to flex as challenges and opportunities arise must be a fundamental consideration for all businesses. Developing an effective capability for remote and hybrid work enables employees to work from home or other locations if the office becomes inaccessible. Disregarding any other outcomes from recent years, this is a lesson that should not be forgotten.

Why technology is a key enabler for business resilience

Adopting technologies will be key for businesses to achieve the level of business resiliency required to support all working policies. For example, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) supports remote and hybrid working and can also be leveraged to improve other aspects of business resiliency, security, scalability and efficiency.

VDI situates PC or workstation resources on a server, rather than a laptop or desk-based device. This enables resources to sit alongside other server-based services in a central location, whether that be an office server room, a data center or the cloud. The virtual desktops are accessed with a low-spec device, often an inexpensive laptop or ‘thin client’, through an application or browser, over the network or internet. The experience for the end user remains the same so long as the service has been appropriately specified and configured, meaning employees can work from almost anywhere with an internet connection.

The key benefits of VDI

To ensure greater business protection, VDI (and its related infrastructure) should be located in a high-end data center to guarantee additional levels of resiliency. These would generally include dual and diverse power and connectivity, backup power generators, high levels of environmental management and physical and network security (such as DDOS protection). Such measures are important to reduce the risk of downtime, whether your employees are working from home or the office. Public and private cloud vendors will offer this level of service as a rule.

Centralizing all business resources also improves security. Data stays within a centrally managed network, rather than being located or replicated across multiple external devices, which exponentially increases vulnerability to attack. Employees only have inexpensive, dumb devices in hand, which are harder to hack and less problematic if stolen or damaged. Reducing the use of VPNs, replication and edge device data reduces the attack surface considerably.

Many VDI providers also offer scalability for organizations to flex their resources in line with their current needs. This type of dynamic resourcing is one of the big promises of cloud computing and is extremely attractive, especially when long-term forecasting is a challenge. There is a cost associated with such dynamism, but balancing this with less expensive, dedicated core resources allows for both reliability and agility.

Perhaps the most under-appreciated aspect of VDI is the efficiency that it can introduce to computer estate management. Administering through web-based control panels enables IT administrators to manage everything remotely, regardless of where the end user is based. Virtual desktops can be spun up or disabled in minutes, creating huge savings in the time that would otherwise be spent on physical device deployments and decommissioning. Resources can be reallocated across machines, users quickly reassigned and fresh images deployed rapidly, simplifying office moves and reorganizations.

Embracing the VDI opportunity for all working policies

There exists some understandable nervousness about hybrid working and VDI. For many organizations, this still seems a step too far from their long embedded and comfortable working practices and technologies. Alongside the recent push for a return to office working by some organizations, there has also been a parallel shift with other early adopters moving away from public cloud services; the latter primarily due to its expense and lack of ROI. Thankfully there are growing private cloud services that offer better and more accessible offerings, which ensure that the promise of cloud and VDI can still be realized. This will be important in the coming years which are sure to be full of new challenges and opportunities.

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Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Connections today (game #462) - today's words

(Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are…

• CLOWN
• DWELL
• TURKEY
• SEA
• WONDER
• SAP
• DWINDLE
• STAY
• DECLINE
• DWEEB
• EBB
• LIVE
• SIN
• INHABIT
• DWARF
• DROP

NYT Connections today (game #462) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

• Yellow: Be somewhere
• Green: Reduce in number
• Blue: Idiot
• Purple: All associated with one number

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections today (game #462) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: RESIDE
• GREEN: DECREASE
• BLUE: DOOFUS
• PURPLE: MEMBER OF A SEPTET

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #462) - the answers

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #462, are…

• YELLOW: RESIDE DWELL, INHABIT, LIVE, STAY
• GREEN: DECREASE DECLINE, DROP, DWINDLE, EBB
• BLUE: DOOFUS CLOWN, DWEEB, SAP, TURKEY
• PURPLE: MEMBER OF A SEPTET DWARF, SEA, SIN, WONDER

• My rating: Easy
• My score: Perfect

My streak reached 10 today, which is not particularly impressive but which does at least point the way to Connections being in the midst of a rare placid period. Will it change soon? Almost certainly. Am I complaining? No!

After all, it's not like it still didn't get me thinking. Rather, each of these four groups was solvable with a bit of thinking and without the need for specialist knowledge. Yellow, green and blue were all fairly simple synonym-style groups, purple was the only more difficult one, being a clever connection of 'things of which there are seven' – SINs and WONDERs etc. I didn't need to solve it, because I had the other three by then, but I feel like I'd have had a chance – and that's all that I ask of my daily Connections, a chance of success.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, 14 September, game #461)

• YELLOW: WINE BOTTLE INFO GRAPE, REGION, VINTAGE, WINERY
• GREEN: CONSOLE INPUTS BUTTON, KNOB, SLIDER, SWITCH
• BLUE: PREFIXES PRO, RETRO, SUB, SUPER
• PURPLE: ___ KING BURGER, CALIFORNIA, LION, PROM

What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

If yesterday's Connections was tough then today's Connections is… also tough! But don't worry if you get stuck, because if you scroll down this page you'll find a few hints to point you in the right direction.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Connections today (game #367) - today's words

(Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are…

• DUMBO
• E.T.
• MY LEFT FOOT
• DOGMA
• THE GREEN
• MILE
• BEETLEJUICE
• WALL STREET
• KILL BILL
• CHINATOWN
• FRIGHT NIGHT
• FOXY BROWN
• HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY
• INCH
• OCTOPUSSY
• THE LONGEST
• YARD
• BE KIND REWIND
• MANHATTAN

NYT Connections today (game #367) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

• Yellow: Big Apple
• Green: Sounds similar
• Blue: How far?
• Purple: Natural thinking

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections today (game #367) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: PLACES IN NEW YORK CITY
• GREEN: RHYMING TITLES
• BLUE: ENDING IN UNITS OF MEASUREMENT
• PURPLE: STARTING WITH ANIMALS

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #367) - the answers

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #367, are…

• YELLOW: PLACES IN NEW YORK CITY CHINATOWN, DUMBO, MANHATTAN, WALL STREET
• GREEN: RHYMING TITLES BE KIND REWIND, E.T., FRIGHT NIGHT, KILL BILL
• BLUE: ENDING IN UNITS OF MEASUREMENT HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, MY LEFT FOOT, THE GREEN MILE, THE LONGEST YARD
• PURPLE: STARTING WITH ANIMALS BEETLEJUICE, DOGMA, FOXY BROWN, OCTOPUSSY

• My rating: Hard
• My score: Perfect

This is another really clever Connections puzzle. I am a big fan. All the words are movies, obviously, but none actually have a movie connection whatsoever, which may well have thrown you in the same way it initially confused me. I spent far too long thinking about which films Jack Nicholson might have been in other than CHINATOWN, or whether JACK BLACK had been in any other than BE KIND, REWIND. Had some been a specific Oscar winner? Were any released in the same year? And so on.

There may be some connections in that regard – I'm not enough of a movie buff to know without checking – but it was only when I changed my mindset that I began making progress. I solved the two hardest first, spotting that four of them ended in a unit of measurement for the blue group, then getting the animal connection for purple.

The rhyming group, green, was pretty easy to find after that, which just left yellow. This was supposedly the easiest of the four, based on color, but as a non New Yorker (and non American) I guarantee that I would not have solved it if not by default, because I had zero idea that DUMBO was a region of NYC. Fair enough, this appears in the New York Times, but I still feel it's a little parochial for the NYT to include it given that they must know millions of people worldwide play Connections. Couldn't they have gone with something else?

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, 11 June, game #366)

• YELLOW: HOMOPHONES BI, BUY, BY, BYE
• GREEN: MUSCLES, INFORMALLY AB, PEC, QUAD, TRI
• BLUE: MUSIC GENRES DUB, EMO, POP, TRAP
• PURPLE: SETTINGS ON AN APPLIANCE KNOB HI, LO, MED, OFF

What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

Looking for a different day?

A new NYT Wordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here.

It's time for your guide to today's Wordle answer, featuring my commentary on the latest puzzle, plus a selection of hints designed to help you keep your streak going.

Don't think you need any clues for Wordle today? No problem, just skip to my daily column. But remember: failure in this game is only ever six guesses away.

Want more word-based fun? TechRadar's Quordle today page contains hints and answers for that game, and you can also take a look at our NYT Strands today and NYT Connections today pages for our verdict on two of the New York Times' other brainteasers.

SPOILER WARNING: Today's Wordle answer and hints are below, so don't read on if you don't want to see them.

Wordle hints (game #1391) - clue #1 - Vowels How many vowels does today's Wordle have?

• Wordle today has vowels in two places*.

* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).

Wordle hints (game #1391) - clue #2 - first letter What letter does today's Wordle begin with?

• The first letter in today's Wordle answer is T.

T is one of the most common starting letters in the game, beginning 149 of Wordle's 2,309 answers. That gives it a ranking of fourth in the alphabet, behind only S, C and B.

Wordle hints (game #1391) - clue #3 - repeated letters Does today's Wordle have any repeated letters?

• There are no repeated letters in today's Wordle.

Repeated letters are quite common in the game, with 748 of the 2,309 Wordle answers containing one. However, it's still more likely that a Wordle doesn't have one.

Wordle hints (game #1391) - clue #4 - ending letter What letter does today's Wordle end with?

• The last letter in today's Wordle is O.

O is a middling ending letter. It ranks 12th in this regard, and finishes 58 Wordle answers in total.

Wordle hints (game #1391) - clue #5 - last chance

Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here's an extra one for game #1391.

• Today's Wordle answer is an extreme speed setting.

If you just want to know today's Wordle answer now, simply scroll down – but I'd always recommend trying to solve it on your own first. We've got lots of Wordle tips and tricks to help you, including a guide to the best Wordle start words.

If you don't want to know today's answer then DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER BECAUSE IT IS PRINTED BELOW. So don't say you weren't warned!

Today's Wordle answer (game #1391)

(Image credit: New York Times)

• NYT average score: 4.0
• My score: 2
• WordleBot's score: 4
• My start word performance: BLOAT (2 remaining answers)
• WordleBot's start word performance: CRANE (106)

Today's Wordle answer (game #1391) is… TURBO.

Millions of people play Wordle every day, but I would be amazed if many had a better start to the game than I did here.

That's the thing with using a random start word: most of the time it really doesn't work, but every now and then it gives you a near-perfect opener that almost nobody else will enjoy.

After all, how many people begin with BLOAT? It's not a bad start word at all; WordleBot describes it as "strong" and gives it a skill rating of 90. That's far higher than the likes of ADIEU and AUDIO, albeit not up there with CRANE or SLATE at 99.

But good or not, it's not one I see people using, probably because B is generally not an optimal letter to include, and most people will want an E in there rather than an O.

Amazingly, BLOAT gave me three yellows and cut my possible solutions list to a duo or THROB and TURBO. I went with the latter entirely because I didn't even think of the former, and scored a two – my first in more than a month.

It was all the sweeter, because TURBO is not an easy Wordle in its own right. It has an average score of 4.0, and WordleBot itself had to settle for a four.

That O at the end is not particularly unlikely, but the BO combination is really uncommon – just five Wordles have that format out of the 2,309 original solutions. We've only had one before this – the even tougher MAMBO – but there are presumably three more still to come.

The next time one does arrive, I'll be hoping for a similarly successful start word. But chances are, I won't get one – this was unusually lucky, and I'm well aware of that.

How did you do today? Send me an email or let me know in the comments.

Yesterday's Wordle hints (game #1390)

In a different time zone where it's still Wednesday? Don't worry – I can give you some clues for Wordle #1390, too.

• Wordle yesterday had vowels in two places.

* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).

• The first letter in yesterday's Wordle answer was W.

W is a fairly average letter when it comes to starting an answer. There are 82 solutions that begin with a W, with means that it ranks 13th – so right in the middle of the alphabet.

• There were no repeated letters in yesterday's Wordle.

Repeated letters are quite common in the game, with 748 of the 2,309 Wordle answers containing one. However, it's still more likely that a Wordle doesn't have one.

• The last letter in yesterday's Wordle was T.

T is a very common letter to end a Wordle answer – in fact only E and Y are more likely in that position.

Still looking for more Wordle hints? Here's an extra one for game #1390.

• Yesterday's Wordle answer is a staple crop.

Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1390)

(Image credit: New York Times)

• NYT average score: 3.7
• My score: 4
• WordleBot's score: 4
• My start word performance: BLOOD (1,095 remaining answers)
• WordleBot's start word performance: CRANE (107)

Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1390) was… WHEAT.

Combinations are vital to Wordle. Some letters pair far more frequently than others, and it helps to know which they are; it can be the difference between a straightforward three and a disappointing five.

I cover this in my analysis of every Wordle answer, but it only lists the top 30 starting combos by frequency. However, I have a nice big spreadsheet containing the entire list, based on the 2,309 original solutions, and WH sits 46th.

That might not sound that high, but in relative terms it most certainly is; there are 214 distinct starting combinations, so 46th is in the top 25%.

WH appears 18 times across all games – despite the fact that W is not itself all that likely to begin an answer (82 in total, meaning it ranks smack bang in the middle). When paired with an H, W is actually fairly likely to begin a Wordle.

Despite all that, I don't consider WH as often as I should do, and indeed didn't do so today until the fourth guess.

Things had again started poorly for me. My random word generator served up BLOOD, which would have been perfect for one of those OO games I hate so much, but which was very little use at all today and which gave me no yellow or green letters to work with.

Apparently I had 1,095 possible answers at this stage, though obviously I did not count them all. In fact, I didn't come up with any as such – I simply looked at my unplayed letters and went with CATER. That had the benefit of covering the potential ER ending, as well as including the always-common C, A and T.

CATER gave me three yellows and cut the shortlist to 22. At this stage, I did try to come up with my own shortlist, and found 11 words: STAGE, STATE, STAVE, STAKE, HEATH, FEAST, YEAST, MEANT, STEAK, STEAM and MEATY.

Obviously I missed plenty, including the eventual answer, but fortunately that didn't hurt me too much. Based on the words I had found, I played YEAST – and it worked a treat, giving me a green Y at the end and cutting the list to three.

Confusingly, none of these three were on my shortlist, but I found them all after a quick hunt: AGENT, WHEAT and EXPAT.

Playing any of those three would guarantee a solve in five at the worst, but I figured EXPAT was relatively unlikely (is it a proper word or slang?) and decided to go with WHEAT over AGENT for no particular reason. That proved to be the answer, so I ended up with a standard four.

Wordle answers: The past 50

I've been playing Wordle every day for more than three years now and have tracked all of the previous answers so I can help you improve your game. Here are the last 50 solutions starting with yesterday's answer, or check out my past Wordle answers page for the full list.

• Wordle #1390, Wednesday 9 April: WHEAT
• Wordle #1389, Tuesday 8 April: SPARE
• Wordle #1388, Monday 7 April: HAZEL
• Wordle #1387, Sunday 6 April: VILLA
• Wordle #1386, Saturday 5 April: FOAMY
• Wordle #1385, Friday 4 April: KRILL
• Wordle #1384, Thursday 3 April: SHEAR
• Wordle #1383, Wednesday 2 April: CURSE
• Wordle #1382, Tuesday 1 April: JEWEL
• Wordle #1381, Monday 31 March: BOOTY
• Wordle #1380, Sunday 30 March: QUOTA
• Wordle #1379, Saturday 29 March: SORRY
• Wordle #1378, Friday 28 March: VERSE
• Wordle #1377, Thursday 27 March: SHEET
• Wordle #1376, Wednesday 26 March: ELBOW
• Wordle #1375, Tuesday 25 March: SHELF
• Wordle #1374, Monday 24 March: ANGLE
• Wordle #1373, Sunday 23 March: DOPEY
• Wordle #1372, Saturday 22 March: AMBLE
• Wordle #1371, Friday 21 March: NUDGE
• Wordle #1370, Thursday 20 March: BASTE
• Wordle #1369, Wednesday 19 March: SPARK
• Wordle #1368, Tuesday 18 March: TIMER
• Wordle #1367, Monday 17 March: LASSO
• Wordle #1366, Sunday 16 March: STAMP
• Wordle #1365, Saturday 15 March: LADLE
• Wordle #1364, Friday 14 March: PIECE
• Wordle #1363, Thursday 13 March: CHASE
• Wordle #1362, Wednesday 12 March: MANGO
• Wordle #1361, Tuesday 11 March: TRACK
• Wordle #1360, Monday 10 March: SPITE
• Wordle #1359, Sunday 9 March: GREED
• Wordle #1358, Saturday 8 March: NAVEL
• Wordle #1357, Friday 7 March: TROOP
• Wordle #1356, Thursday 6 March: ALERT
• Wordle #1355, Wednesday 5 March: SCRUM
• Wordle #1354, Tuesday 4 March: CHECK
• Wordle #1353, Monday 3 March: SPEAR
• Wordle #1352, Sunday 2 March: DEITY
• Wordle #1351, Saturday 1 March: HOVER
• Wordle #1350, Friday 28 February: FUZZY
• Wordle #1349, Thursday 27 February: LODGE
• Wordle #1348, Wednesday 26 February: AWARD
• Wordle #1347, Tuesday 25 February: DRYER
• Wordle #1346, Monday 24 February: GLAND
• Wordle #1345, Sunday 23 February: OTTER
• Wordle #1344, Saturday 22 February: CREAM
• Wordle #1343, Friday 21 February: CLOVE
• Wordle #1342, Thursday 20 February: ROACH
• Wordle #1341, Wednesday 19 February: MADLY
• Wordle #1340, Tuesday 18 February: INDIE

What is Wordle?

If you're on this page then you almost certainly know what Wordle is already, and indeed have probably been playing it for a while. And even if you've not been playing it, you must surely have heard of it by now, because it's the viral word game phenomenon that took the world by storm last year and is still going strong in 2024.

We've got a full guide to the game in our What is Wordle page, but if you just want a refresher then here are the basics.

What is Wordle?

Wordle challenges you to guess a new five-letter word each day. You get six guesses, with each one revealing a little more information. If one of the letters in your guess is in the answer and in the right place, it turns green. If it's in the answer but in the wrong place, it turns yellow. And if it's not in the answer at all it turns gray. Simple, eh?

It's played online via the Wordle website or the New York Times' Crossword app (iOS / Android), and is entirely free.

Crucially, the answer is the same for everyone each day, meaning that you're competing against the rest of the world, rather than just against yourself or the game. The puzzle then resets each day at midnight in your local time, giving you a new challenge, and the chance to extend your streak.

What are the Wordle rules?

The rules of Wordle are pretty straightforward, but with a couple of curveballs thrown in for good measure.

1. Letters that are in the answer and in the right place turn green.

2. Letters that are in the answer but in the wrong place turn yellow.

3. Letters that are not in the answer turn gray.

4. Answers are never plural.

5. Letters can appear more than once. So if your guess includes two of one letter, they may both turn yellow, both turn green, or one could be yellow and the other green.

6. Each guess must be a valid word in Wordle's dictionary. You can't guess ABCDE, for instance.

7. You do not have to include correct letters in subsequent guesses unless you play on Hard mode.

8. You have six guesses to solve the Wordle.

9. You must complete the daily Wordle before midnight in your timezone.

10. All answers are drawn from Wordle's list of 2,309 solutions. However…

11. Wordle will accept a wider pool of words as guesses – some 10,000 of them. For instance, you can guess a plural such as WORDS. It definitely won't be right (see point 4 above), but Wordle will accept it as a guess.

Memorizing all of the past Wordle answers is nearly impossible – after all, there have now been more than 1,300 of them. But knowing what's gone before is important, because Wordle answers don't repeat – so you could easily be wasting guesses.

What you need then, is a list of past Wordle answers, and that's what I've made for you here. It's organized by month and you can simply search the page to see whether the word you're thinking of has already been used.

So pick one of the best Wordle starting words, take a look at today's Wordle answer if you need to and keep this list close when you're playing – your streak will thank you.

Past Wordle answers: The full list

Below you'll find a list of every Wordle so far – all 1,390 of them (and counting!)

I've first organized the answers alphabetically, and then by month starting with the most recent. You can use the menus on the side (on desktop) or above (on mobile) to jump straight to the month you want.

If you're trying to find out whether a specific word has already been an answer, there are easy ways to search for it:

• Windows: click CTRL+F
• macOS: click CMD+F
• iOS: click Share (the box with the arrow), then 'Find on page'
• Android: click the three dots in the top-right then 'Find in page'

In each case, simply type in the word you're looking for, and if it has already been an answer you can use the arrows to navigate to it. Right, on with the list…

Past Wordle answers: alphabetical list

ABACK | ABASE | ABATE | ABBEY | ABIDE | ABOUT | ABOVE | ABYSS | ACORN | ACRID | ACTOR | ACUTE | ADAGE | ADAPT | ADMIT | ADOBE | ADOPT | ADORE | ADULT | AFFIX | AFTER | AGAIN | AGAPE | AGATE | AGENT | AGILE | AGING | AGLOW | AGONY | AGREE | AHEAD | AISLE | ALBUM | ALERT | ALIEN | ALIKE | ALIVE | ALLOW | ALOFT | ALONE | ALOOF | ALOUD | ALPHA | ALTAR | ALTER | AMASS | AMBER | AMBLE | AMISS | AMPLE | ANGEL | ANGER | ANGLE | ANGRY | ANGST | ANODE | ANTIC | ANVIL | AORTA | APART | APHID | APPLE | APPLY | APRON | APTLY | ARBOR | ARDOR | ARGUE | AROMA | ASCOT | ASIDE | ASKEW | ASSET | ATLAS | ATOLL | ATONE | AUDIO | AUDIT | AVAIL | AVERT | AWAIT | AWAKE | AWARD | AWASH | AWFUL | AXIOM | AZURE | BACON | BADGE | BADLY | BAGEL | BAKER | BALSA | BANAL | BARGE | BASIC | BASIN | BASTE | BATHE | BATON | BATTY | BAWDY | BAYOU | BEACH | BEADY | BEAST | BEAUT | BEEFY | BEGET | BEGIN | BEING | BELCH | BELIE | BELLY | BELOW | BENCH | BERET | BERTH | BESET | BEVEL | BINGE | BIOME | BIRCH | BIRTH | BLACK | BLADE | BLAME | BLAND | BLARE | BLAZE | BLEAK | BLEED | BLEEP | BLIMP | BLOCK | BLOKE | BLOND | BLOWN | BLUFF | BLURB | BLURT | BLUSH | BOAST | BONUS | BOOBY | BOOST | BOOTY | BOOZE | BOOZY | BORAX | BOSSY | BOUGH | BOXER | BRACE | BRAID | BRAIN | BRAKE | BRASH | BRASS | BRAVE | BRAVO | BRAWN | BREAD | BREAK | BREED | BRIAR | BRIBE | BRIDE | BRIEF | BRINE | BRING | BRINK | BRINY | BRISK | BROAD | BROKE | BROOK | BROOM | BROTH | BROWN | BRUSH | BRUTE | BUDDY | BUGGY | BUGLE | BUILD | BUILT | BULKY | BULLY | BUNCH | BURLY | CABLE | CACAO | CACHE | CADET | CAMEL | CAMEO | CANDY | CANNY | CANOE | CANON | CAPER | CARAT | CARGO | CAROL | CARRY | CARVE | CATCH | CATER | CAULK | CAUSE | CEDAR | CHAFE | CHAIN | CHALK | CHAMP | CHANT | CHAOS | CHARD | CHARM | CHART | CHASE | CHEAP | CHEAT | CHECK | CHEEK | CHEER | CHEST | CHIEF | CHILD | CHILL | CHIME | CHOCK | CHOIR | CHOKE | CHORD | CHORE | CHOSE | CHUNK | CHUTE | CIDER | CIGAR | CINCH | CIRCA | CIVIC | CLASS | CLEAN | CLEAR | CLEFT | CLERK | CLICK | CLIMB | CLING | CLOAK | CLOCK | CLONE | CLOSE | CLOTH | CLOUD | CLOVE | CLOWN | CLUCK | COACH | COAST | COCOA | COLON | COMET | COMMA | CONDO | CONIC | CORER | CORNY | COULD | COUNT | COURT | COVER | COVET | COWER | COYLY | CRAFT | CRAMP | CRANE | CRANK | CRASS | CRATE | CRAVE | CRAWL | CRAZE | CRAZY | CREAK | CREAM | CREDO | CREPE | CREPT | CRIME | CRIMP | CRISP | CROAK | CRONE | CROOK | CROSS | CROWD | CROWN | CRUMB | CRUSH | CRUST | CRYPT | CUMIN | CURLY | CURSE | CYBER | CYNIC | DADDY | DAISY | DANCE | DANDY | DEATH | DEBIT | DEBUG | DEBUT | DECAL | DECAY | DECOY | DECRY | DEITY | DELAY | DELTA | DELVE | DENIM | DEPOT | DEPTH | DETER | DEVIL | DIARY | DICEY | DIGIT | DINER | DINGO | DINGY | DISCO | DITTO | DITTY | DODGE | DOGMA | DOING | DOLLY | DONOR | DONUT | DOPEY | DOUBT | DOWRY | DOZEN | DRAFT | DRAIN | DRAWN | DREAM | DRINK | DRIVE | DROLL | DROOL | DROOP | DROVE | DRYER | DUCHY | DUTCH | DUVET | DWARF | DWELL | DWELT | EAGLE | EARLY | EARTH | EASEL | EBONY | EDICT | EGRET | EJECT | ELBOW | ELDER | ELOPE | ELUDE | EMAIL | EMBER | EMPTY | ENACT | ENDOW | ENEMA | ENJOY | ENNUI | ENSUE | ENTER | EPOCH | EPOXY | EQUAL | EQUIP | ERODE | ERROR | ERUPT | ESSAY | ETHER | ETHIC | ETHOS | EVADE | EVENT | EVERY | EVOKE | EXACT | EXALT | EXCEL | EXERT | EXIST | EXPEL | EXTRA | EXULT | FACET | FAINT | FAITH | FALSE | FANCY | FARCE | FAULT | FAVOR | FEAST | FEIGN | FERAL | FERRY | FEVER | FEWER | FIBER | FIELD | FIEND | FIFTY | FILET | FINAL | FINCH | FINER | FIRST | FISHY | FIXER | FJORD | FLAIL | FLAIR | FLAKE | FLAME | FLANK | FLARE | FLASH | FLASK | FLESH | FLICK | FLING | FLINT | FLIRT | FLOAT | FLOCK | FLOOD | FLOOR | FLORA | FLOSS | FLOUR | FLOUT | FLOWN | FLUFF | FLUME | FLUNG | FLUNK | FLYER | FOAMY | FOCAL | FOCUS | FOGGY | FOLLY | FORAY | FORCE | FORGE | FORGO | FORTE | FORTH | FORTY | FOUND | FOYER | FRAIL | FRAME | FRANK | FRESH | FRIED | FROCK | FROND | FRONT | FROST | FROTH | FROWN | FROZE | FULLY | FUNGI | FUNKY | FUNNY | FUZZY | GAMER | GAMMA | GAMUT | GAUDY | GAUNT | GAUZE | GAWKY | GECKO | GENRE | GHOUL | GIANT | GIDDY | GIRTH | GIVEN | GLAND | GLASS | GLAZE | GLEAM | GLEAN | GLIDE | GLOAT | GLOBE | GLOOM | GLORY | GLOVE | GLYPH | GNASH | GOING | GOLEM | GONER | GOODY | GOOFY | GOOSE | GORGE | GOUGE | GRACE | GRADE | GRAIL | GRAIN | GRAND | GRANT | GRAPH | GRASP | GRATE | GREAT | GREED | GREEN | GREET | GRIEF | GRIME | GRIMY | GRIND | GRIPE | GROIN | GROOM | GROUP | GROUT | GROVE | GROWL | GRUEL | GUANO | GUARD | GUEST | GUIDE | GUILD | GUILE | GULLY | GUMMY | GUPPY | GUSTY | HAIRY | HALVE | HANDY | HAPPY | HARSH | HATCH | HATER | HAVOC | HAZEL | HEADY | HEARD | HEART | HEATH | HEAVE | HEAVY | HEFTY | HEIST | HELIX | HELLO | HENCE | HERON | HILLY | HINGE | HIPPO | HITCH | HOARD | HOBBY | HOMER | HONEY | HORDE | HORSE | HOTEL | HOUND | HOUSE | HOVER | HOWDY | HUMAN | HUMID | HUMOR | HUMPH | HUNCH | HUNKY | HURRY | HUTCH | HYENA | HYPER | ICING | IGLOO | IMAGE | IMPEL | INANE | INDEX | INDIE | INEPT | INERT | INFER | INLAY | INNER | INPUT | INTER | INTRO | IONIC | IRATE | IRONY | ISLET | ITCHY | IVORY | JAUNT | JAZZY | JELLY | JERKY | JEWEL | JIFFY | JOINT | JOKER | JOLLY | JOUST | JUDGE | JUICE | KARMA | KAYAK | KAZOO | KEBAB | KHAKI | KIOSK | KNACK | KNAVE | KNEAD | KNEEL | KNELT | KNOCK | KNOLL | KOALA | KRILL | LABEL | LABOR | LADLE | LAGER | LANKY | LAPEL | LAPSE | LARGE | LARVA | LASER | LASSO | LATTE | LAYER | LEAFY | LEAKY | LEAPT | LEARN | LEASH | LEAVE | LEDGE | LEECH | LEERY | LEGGY | LEMON | LEMUR | LIBEL | LIGHT | LILAC | LIMIT | LINEN | LINER | LINGO | LITHE | LIVER | LOCAL | LOCUS | LODGE | LOFTY | LOGIC | LOOPY | LOSER | LOUSE | LOVER | LOWER | LOWLY | LOYAL | LUCID | LUCKY | LUNAR | LUNCH | LUNGE | LUSTY | LYING | MACAW | MADAM | MADLY | MAGIC | MAGMA | MAIZE | MAJOR | MAMBO | MANGA | MANGO | MANIA | MANLY | MANOR | MAPLE | MARCH | MARRY | MARSH | MASON | MASSE | MATCH | MATEY | MAUVE | MAXIM | MAYBE | MAYOR | MEALY | MEANT | MEDAL | MEDIA | MEDIC | MELON | MERCY | MERGE | MERIT | MERRY | METAL | METER | METRO | MICRO | MIDGE | MIDST | MIMIC | MINCE | MINER | MINUS | MODEL | MODEM | MOIST | MOLAR | MOMMY | MONEY | MONTH | MOOSE | MOSSY | MOTOR | MOTTO | MOULT | MOUNT | MOURN | MOUSE | MOVIE | MUCKY | MULCH | MUMMY | MURAL | MUSHY | MUSIC | MUSTY | NAIVE | NANNY | NASTY | NATAL | NAVAL | NAVEL | NEEDY | NEIGH | NERDY | NERVE | NEVER | NICER | NICHE | NIGHT | NINJA | NINTH | NOBLE | NOISE | NORTH | NUDGE | NYMPH | OCCUR | OCEAN | OCTET | OFFAL | OFTEN | OLDER | OLIVE | ONION | ONSET | OPERA | ORDER | ORGAN | OTHER | OTTER | OUGHT | OUNCE | OUTDO | OUTER | OVERT | OWNER | OXIDE | PAINT | PANEL | PANIC | PAPAL | PAPER | PARER | PARRY | PARTY | PASTA | PATIO | PATTY | PAUSE | PEACE | PEACH | PEARL | PEDAL | PENNE | PERCH | PERKY | PESKY | PHASE | PHONE | PHONY | PHOTO | PIANO | PICKY | PIECE | PIETY | PILOT | PINCH | PINEY | PINKY | PINTO | PIOUS | PIPER | PIQUE | PITHY | PIXEL | PIXIE | PLACE | PLAIT | PLANK | PLANT | PLATE | PLAZA | PLEAT | PLUCK | PLUMB | PLUNK | POINT | 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One of the key things about Wordle is that everyone gets the same answer each day. Or is it? There have been four occasions when the game has served up two different solutions, causing no end of consternation among players.

The first two were victims of the New York Times' purchase of the game in February 2022. The NYT removed around a dozen words that it decided were too difficult for players, or that were in some way controversial.

However, at that time people could play either via the NYT's games site, or via the original Wordle website created by Josh Wardle. And unfortunately, the changes made by the NYT didn't always filter through correctly to the original version.

The result was that on February 15, 2022 some people got AROMA and some the much harder AGORA for puzzle #241. Then on March 30, the same thing happened with STOVE and HARRY for game #284; the NYT thought people would only consider HARRY to be a name, and not a verb (as in to harrass), so it removed it.

The problem reoccurred in May 2022. On May 10 (game #324), the NYT removed the word FETUS in the wake of the US Supreme Court's decision to repeal Roe vs Wade, deeming it too controversial. Instead, most players got SHINE. The next day, some players got GECKO while others received BUTCH, due to the NYT's servers not yet having reset for everyone from the previous day's change.