Wordle hints and answer (#1434): How to solve the Friday May 23 Wordle
Stuck on today’s Wordle word for May 23? Read our hint or find the answer below.
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Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer? You could be the best Wordle player in the world and still run into a problematic puzzle every now and then. If today is an off day, just grab a few hints from this guide and try again. Let’s conquer today’s word puzzle together!
Every day, Wordle presents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses? All you have to help you in finding the Wordle answer are the contextual clues you gain from each guess – but often, that’s not enough. Wordle can be tricky, you see, and it’s not unusual to look for a little bit of help if you want to preserve your year-long winstreak.
In this guide we’ll offer up a selection of Wordle hints to help you figure out today’s solution for Friday May 23. Scroll down a bit further and we’ll also reveal today’s Wordle answer for 23/5, and a definition of the word if you need it.
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Wordle hints: Clues for today’s Wordle on 23/5
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?
Oysters and clams probably don’t like today’s Wordle answer.
What letter does today’s Wordle begin with?
Today’s Wordle word begins with S.
What letter does today’s Wordle end with?
Today’s Wordle word ends with K.
How many vowels are in today’s Wordle?
Today’s Wordle word contains 1 vowel.
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 “husky”, 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 May 23?
It’s time to reveal the answer to today’s Wordle for 23/5. The word is…
SHUCK.
Congrats if you managed to correctly guess the Wordle answer today!
What does the Wordle answer today mean?
A ‘shuck’ is a type of covering, like a shell. As a verb, you can ‘shuck’ something to remove this outer layer: “she shucked her jacket”, “he shucked the oysters”. Besides that, ‘shucks’ (plural) is also used as an exclamation to express regret or disappointment, similar to ‘whoops’ or ‘oh no’. For example, you might hear someone say “Shucks, I missed my train!”.
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).
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.
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.
