Today’s ‘Wordle’ #1,208 Answer, Hints and Clues for Wednesday, October 9 Game

For many people, Wordle is a part of the daily routine, but playing everyday doesn’t necessarily make you a pro.

Thankfully, Newsweek has got the inside scoop from the game’s creator Josh Wardle, on how to solve the game.

In an interview with Newsweek in 2021, Wardle—who sold Wordle to The New York Times for an undisclosed seven-figure sum in 2022—said that players should embrace getting the gray tiles that show they have not guessed any correct letters.

“One thing I will say is that a lot of people tend to think that the game is just about finding those green and gold letters. If you get those, then you theoretically have the information you need, but you don’t want to get too hung up on that,” Wardle told Newsweek.

He added: “Even when you have most of the letters, it’s still worth using a couple of tries to just narrow the options further. It’s often just as important to learn what letters aren’t in a word. That information can actually be more powerful in a lot of ways, and you don’t necessarily realize it at first.”

Other Wordle pros have also shared their top tips for completing the game.

Erhan Aslan, who teaches linguistics at the University of Reading in the U.K, told Newsweek “one thing that I think is important in this game is the starting word chosen,” Aslan said. “Starting off with words that include commonly used vowels, for example, e and a, consonants such as r and t, and sound sequences might be helpful.

“Choosing a word that starts with q, z, j or x, for instance, may not be the best choice. You get more feedback after a few guesses. Users need to draw on some knowledge of phonics to narrow or eliminate some words that they might be thinking.”

‘Wordle’ #1,208 Hints and Clues for Wednesday, October 9

Hint #1: Today’s word has three repeated letters.

Hint #2: The word ends in a Y.

Hint #3: It contains a vowel.

Hint #4: The third letter in today’s word is an M.

Hint #5: This is something you might call one of your parents.

‘Wordle’ #1,208 Answer for Wednesday, October 9

Today’s Wordle answer is MOMMY.

Wordle updates every day at midnight, at which point the next puzzle becomes available. Newsweek will be back tomorrow with another set of hints and tips for the new game.

In the meantime, try your hand at other word-based puzzle games Typochondria and Spellspire.