Welcome to the weekend, folks! We hope you have some great plans ready, which of course includes playing Wordle. To help you keep your streak going, here's our daily newspaper Wordle Guide with some tips and the solution to Saturday's puzzle (#1,218).

Maybe you didn't play Wordle before and you're not quite sure what to do. Don't worry – we're here to help.

What is Wordle?

Wordle is a deceptively simple daily word game that first launched in 2021. The essence is that every day you have to solve a five-letter word by elimination. The daily word is the same for everyone.

Wordle surged in popularity in late 2021 after creator Josh Wardle made it easy for players to share an emoji-based grid with their friends and followers that detailed how they were doing each day. The game's success led to dozens of clones in a wide variety of categories and formats.

The New York Times bought Wordle Early 2022 for an undisclosed sum. The release stated that the players were playing together Wordle 4.8 billion times in 2023. No wonder then Wordle is one of the best online games and puzzles that you can play daily.

How to play Wordle

To start playing WordleAll you have to do is enter a five-letter word. The game shows you how close you are to that day's secret word by highlighting the letters that are in the correct position in green. Letters that appear in the word but are not in the correct place are highlighted in yellow. If you guess letters that are not in the secret word, they will be grayed out on the virtual keyboard.

You only have to guess six times to find the word of each day. However, you can still use grayed out letters to make narrowing things down easier. Also remember that letters in the secret word can appear more than once.

Wordle is free to play NYT's website and apps, as well as on Meta Quest headsets. The game will update at midnight local time. When you log in to a New York Times account, you can track your stats, including all-important winning streaks.

How to play Wordle more than once a day

If you have one NYT If you take out a subscription that includes full access to the publication's games, you won't have to stop after a single spin Wordle. You have access to an archive with more than 1,000 previous documents Wordle games. So if you're a relative newbie, you can go back and catch up on previous editions.

Paid beyond that NYT Games members have access to a tool called Wordlebot. This will tell you how well you did on each match day.

Previous Wordle answers

Before today Wordle Hints, here are the answers to current puzzles that you may have missed:

Friday, October 18th – STINT

Thursday, October 17th – HALF

Wednesday, October 16th – GRANT

Tuesday, October 15th – CORER

Monday, October 14th – GAMUT

Today's Wordle clues explained

Every day we will try to make it happen Wordle a little easier for you. First, we provide a clue that describes the meaning of the word or how it might be used in a phrase or sentence. We also tell you if the word contains double (or even triple) letters.

In case you don't fully understand it at this point, we'll provide you with the first letter of the word. If you are still at a loss after this, you can continue to find out the answer for today Wordle.

This should go without saying, but be sure to scroll slowly. Spoilers are ahead.

Today's Wordle clue

Here's a note for today Wordle Answer:

A type of Internet connection that occurs via a cable filled with thin glass or plastic tubes.

Are there double letters in today's Wordle?

There are no repeated letters in today's text Wordle Answer.

What is the first letter of today's Wordle?

Today's first letter Wordle Answer is F

Today's Wordle answer

This is yours final warning before we reveal today's Wordle Answer. No takesies-backsies. Don't blame us if you scroll too far and accidentally spoil the game.

Today Wordle Answer is…

FIBER

Don't worry if you didn't figure it out today Wordle Word. If you've made it this far down the page, hopefully you've at least kept your streak going. And hey: there's still a game tomorrow.