Today’s Wordle hints and answer (#1291): How to solve the Tuesday December 31 Wordle
Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 31? Read our hint or find the answer below!
Wordle hints: Clues for today’s Wordle on 31/12
Every day we offer up a number of Wordle hints that you can use to help figure out the solution. So have a read of our clues below and see if you can figure it out before skipping ahead to the answer:
What is the Wordle hint today?
Think of the ring-tailed star of the ‘Madagascar’ movie.
What letter does today’s Wordle begin with?
Today’s Wordle word begins with L.
What letter does today’s Wordle end with?
Today’s Wordle word ends with R.
How many vowels are in today’s Wordle?
Today’s Wordle word contains 2 vowels.
Are there any double letters in today’s Wordle?
There are 5 unique letters in today’s Wordle word.
What’s a good starting word for today’s Wordle?
If you type in the starting word “alure”, then four letters will turn yellow.
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.
What is today’s Wordle answer on December 31?
It’s time to reveal the answer to today’s Wordle for 31/12. The word is…
LEMUR.
Congrats if you managed to correctly guess the Wordle answer today!
What does the Wordle answer today mean?
A lemur is an animal native to Madagascar. Known for their fluffy tails, long limbs, and human-like hands, these nocturnal primates are similar to monkeys – but not the same! There are many different types of lemur, but the most famous one is probably the ring-tailed lemur, who is easily recognizable by its black-and-white tail.
How to share your Wordle results without spoilers
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).Related
But the number of cheaters seems to be dropping
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 the Wordle site to try it for yourself!
How did Wordle begin?
Wordle began life as a little family game created by software engineer Josh Wardle. He created the game so that he and his partner could play a fun little word game together during the pandemic, and they quickly realised that there was something quite special in this simple little guessing game. So after a bit of refinement, Wardle released it to the public on his website, Power Language.Related
Give it a try!
The game was released in October 2021, and by the end of the year the game had two million daily players. It became a viral hit, thanks in large part to the ease with which players could share their results in a spoiler-free manner on Twitter and other social media sites. In January 2022, Wardle accepted an offer from the New York Times to acquire Wordle for a seven-figure sum. Well done, Mr Wardle. Well done indeed.
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.
