Wordle 2023: Today’s answer and hint for August 12
Whether you hop to salvage a tough Wordle game, speed up the inevitable, or just enjoy seeing those green letters pop up, you can click or scroll your way to the answer to today’s Wordle in a flash. If you’d rather take your time you’ll find a clue for the August 12 (784) game waiting below.
Oh, of course it’s that word, it’s so obvious now it’s staring back at me from my monitor. Shame it took me all six guesses (and looking over my attempt today, some pretty ridiculous tangents) to unearth it. With a bit of luck I’ll spend more time noticing the clues sitting under my nose tomorrow.
Today’s Wordle hint
A Wordle hint for Saturday, August 12
The word you’re looking for today is speedy and swift, the rapid hare to the slow tortoise, the brief email that saves everyone from a long meeting. You’ll have to uncover two different vowels today.
Is there a double letter in today’s Wordle?
No letters are used twice in today’s puzzle.
Wordle help: 3 tips for beating Wordle every day
If there’s one thing better than playing Wordle, it’s playing Wordle well, which is why I’m going to share a few quick tips to help set you on the path to success:
- A good opener contains a balanced mix of unique vowels and consonants.
- A tactical second guess helps to narrow down the pool of letters quickly.
- The solution may contain repeat letters.
There’s no time pressure beyond making sure it’s done by midnight. So there’s no reason not to treat the game like a casual newspaper crossword and come back to it later if you’re coming up blank.
Today’s Wordle answer
What is the #784 Wordle answer?
Weekends mean wins. The answer to the August 12 (784) Wordle is QUICK.
Previous answers
The last 10 Wordle answers
The more past Wordle answers you can cram into your memory banks, the better your chances of guessing today’s Wordle answer without accidentally picking a solution that’s already been used. Past Wordle answers can also give you some excellent ideas for fun starting words that keep your daily puzzle solving fresh.
Here are some recent Wordle solutions:
- August 11: HELLO
- August 10: EMPTY
- August 9: LOVER
- August 8: BULLY
- August 7: BROOK
- August 6: POLYP
- August 5: ANODE
- August 4: CHART
- August 3: PARTY
- August 2: BEGET
Learn more about Wordle
Every day Wordle presents you with six rows of five boxes, and it’s up to you to work out which secret five-letter word is hiding inside them.
You’ll want to start with a strong word like ALERT—something containing multiple vowels, common consonants, and no repeat letters. Hit Enter and the boxes will show you which letters you’ve got right or wrong. If a box turns ⬛️, it means that letter isn’t in the secret word at all. 🟨 means the letter is in the word, but not in that position. 🟩 means you’ve got the right letter in the right spot.
You’ll want your second go to compliment the first, using another “good” word to cover any common letters you missed last time while also trying to avoid any letter you now know for a fact isn’t present in today’s answer.
After that it’s just a case of using what you’ve learned to narrow your guesses down to the right word. You have six tries in total and can only use real words (so no filling the boxes with EEEEE to see if there’s an E). Don’t forget letters can repeat too (ex: BOOKS).
If you need any further advice feel free to check out our Wordle tips, and if you’d like to find out which words have already been used you can scroll to the relevant section above.
Originally, Wordle was dreamed up by software engineer Josh Wardle, as a surprise for his partner who loves word games. From there it spread to his family, and finally got released to the public. The word puzzle game has since inspired tons of games like Wordle, refocusing the daily gimmick around music or math or geography. It wasn’t long before Wordle became so popular it was sold to the New York Times for seven figures. Surely it’s only a matter of time before we all solely communicate in tricolor boxes.
