The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper's larger and long-running crossword. Most days, there are between three and five clues in each direction on a five by five grid, but the puzzles are sometimes larger, especially on Saturdays.

It may be that you're new to Wordle and you're not fully certain how to play. We're here to help with that too. Wordle is a deceptively simple daily word game that first emerged in 2021. The gist is that there is one five-letter word to deduce every day by process of elimination.

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.