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The word puzzle created by Brooklyn-based software engineer Josh Wardle quickly gained global popularity once it was made public.

As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for October 21's Wordle solution revealed.

Todays Wordle answer will be difficult to solve unless players use hints to guide them in the right direction and help them preserve their streak.