Today's Wordle hint and answer on Thursday 23rd May for 1069 (2024)

How to narrow down and solve today's Wordle.

The Wordle answer for today, 23rd May 2024 is, as expected, a five-letter word that will challenge how vast your vocabulary is!

For the uninitiated, the aim of Wordle is to work out a daily five-letter word within six guesses. The fewer the guesses, the better - and if you fail to guess it at all, you'll break your streak.

The latter is why working out today's Wordle answer is such a priority, as players pride themselves on keeping their streak going. So why gamble on a risky final guess when you can learn a few clues and, failing that, get the definitive answer? This page can help with that.

Once you have today's word, learn more about Wordle and how the New York Times became interested in games in this interview with Jonathan Knight, Head of Games for the NYTimes. In keeping with the word theme, we've also discussed why The NYTimes Mini Crossword is a reliable joy.

Clues for today's Wordle answer

Instead of going straight to the answer, you might only need a few hints to get you over the line:

• Today's word has one vowel in it.
• There are repeating letters in this word.
• Today's word starts with 'S'.
• It reminds the name of the classical wind magic in the Dragon Quest games.

Still not sure? Read on for the answer.

Wordle answer for word 1069 on 23rd May 2024

Even with the above clues, still not sure and want to keep that streak going?

The Wordle answer today is SWISH.

For my guess, I picked 'STORE'. Landing one letter on my first try seemed like a good sign, so I boldly chose 'STEAK' as my second word, believing I'd figure out today's word quickly. Unfortunately, I found myself with only one letter still. Since no other 'S' word was coming to mind, I tried 'HOIST' as my third word to improve my chances of finding the other letters and this time it was worth it. With three letters, it only took another wrong attempt before I could find 'SWISH'.

Now you have the answer, do not spoil it for others! Remember, you can share your results spoiler-free in the form of a grid.

Of course, no one has to know you came to this page to work it out. Maybe put in two or three fake guesses first to throw them off the scent, perhaps?

Today's Wordle etymology

The origin of the word 'SWISH' is interesting since it might be related to a common linguistic phenomenon. Many terms became part of an official language, but initially, they were only representing a specific sound. There is the hypothesis that 'SWISH' comes from the sound of things brushing onto one another.

In the 19th century, there are records of the word 'SWISH' as a verb meaning 'FLOURISH' as well as to designate how something moves.

Wordle past answers for this week

And now for our 'Previously on Wordle' segement! (I know 'in' works better, but let me have this...) Last week has seen the following words make appearance in Wordle so far:

• WEDNESDAY 22nd May - EXALT
• TUESDAY 21st May - DINGO
• MONDAY 20th May - NICER
• SUNDAY 19th May - HITCH

If you'd like to know all of the words which has graced Wordle in times gone by, check out our past Wordle answers archive.

What to play after Wordle

With your daily Wordle completed, the question is - what shall you play now?

You can, of course, try out the other word-based games offered by the New York Times, like Spelling Bee, the Mini Crossword and Letter Boxed. You can also take a crack at Connections, the daily Sudokus and Tiles - a rather additive motif matching game.

There’s also a range of games which have put a twist on the Wordle formula. Squaredle challenges you to find a series of words by connecting letters in a four by four grid. Meanwhile Dordle, Quorodly, Octordly and Sedecordle all keep to the standard Wordle, while increasing the number of words you have to find. The challenge comes in how your guesses count for all of the words, so you need to decide whether you’re going to focus on a specific word or try to solve multiple words at the same time. Thankfully, the number of guesses you’re given increases alongside the amount of words you’re expected to solve.

If you want a break from spelling though, try GeoGuessr. Here you’ll be given a picture of somewhere, anywhere, in the world and have to place a marker on where you think that location is. There’s even an Old School RuneScape version.

Hope you enjoyed playing Wordle today!