Wordle today: Answer, clues for Thursday January 5 2023 word of the day

Some clues, tips, strategies to guess Wordle on January 5, along with the answer.

WARNING: THERE ARE WORDLE SPOILERS AHEAD! DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT THE JANUARY 5, 2023 WORDLE ANSWER SPOILED FOR YOU.

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As far as hardest Wordle words go, Thursday’s answer was somewhat challenging. If you’re here, you’re probably struggling with it and looking for some help.  So let’s run down a few clues with today’s Wordle that could help you solve it:

1. There are two vowels.

2. They’re the same letter.

3. It’s associated with smoothness.

And the answer to Thursday’s Wordle is below this photo:

(Photo Illustration by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

It’s …

SLEEK.

While you’re here, some more Wordle advice:

How to play Wordle

Go to this link from the New York Times and start guessing words.

Best Wordle starting word

That’s a topic we’ve covered a bunch here. According to the Times’ WordleBot, the best starting word is: CRANE. Others that I’ve seen include ADIEU, STARE and ROAST.

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