Today’s Wordle #561 Hints, Clues And Answer For Sunday, January 1st 2023

Well, it’s a new year. 2023 has landed. I’ve been writing these guides almost an entire year (I began in early January of 2022). It’s funny to think that Wordle would play such a big part in my work life this past year. I’m definitely grateful for it and for the many readers who continue to read this column every day. You’re the best! Truly!

In any case, it’s New Year’s Day and I’m sure everyone is busy with friends and family so I won’t waste time here. Let’s do this Wordle and get back to the celebration (or to nursing your hangover from last night’s festivities!)

Today’s Wordle Solution (with spoilers!)

The Hint: Something sore losers do incessantly. Also dogs.

The Clue: This word ends with a vowel.

The Answer:

I’m not going to complain about getting this one in four. I’m not going to cry about it. I won’t bemoan my unluckiness—realistically, I was pretty lucky from the start, though my second guess wasn’t great. The fact is, I tied Wordle Bot today. I was hoping I’d beat him for the year’s first Wordle, but alas, I failed.

Newly was my attempt to use a ‘themed’ word to bring in the new year. I thought maybe the Wordle would have something to do with newness. Start crossed my mind but I didn’t love the two T’s. This ended up being the right move, with just 18 possible solutions remaining.

Endow was not very helpful. Not only did I not have new letters, I had three yellow boxes still. Wordle Bot suggested winos as a better guess in this situation, and it definitely would have been. Next, I went with waxen, which left me with only two words I could think of: wince and whine. Not much you can do with a 50/50 coin toss so I went with my gut—for the win! Huzzah!

Happy New Year’s everybody! Here’s to hoping this year is better than the last!