EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is for Wordle answer #442; the September 5th Wordle answer is available now.

Wordle has continued to keep players interested in solving its once-a-day puzzle all throughout 2022, and today's puzzle is just as engaging as the early days of the game. Every day a new five-letter word is presented to players, and every day thousands of people start their day solving that word. The incredibly fast rise of Wordle is a fascinating story, from its start as a simple game created by software engineer Josh Wardle to play with his wife, to its million-dollar purchase by The New York Times. The game has lasted through its initial social media boom and is still played by many today.

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Its popularity grew so fast that there were even multiple copycats that tried to hop on the Wordle train. Some were wholly original games that simply took the once-a-day nature of Wordle, while others were complete rip-offs that attempted to capitalize on the Wordle name. Despite all this, the original game is still one of the most popular and even has a physical board game version coming soon from Hasbro.

Today's Wordle Hints (September 4th #442)

Wordle September 4th 442 Hints

Here are the daily hints for those players that don't want today's fully spoiled Wordle answer right away.

  • Hint 1: There are no repeated letters in today's answer.
  • Hint 2: This word could be a verb, or used as a prefix meaning "between", or "in the middle of".
  • Hint 3: Today's answer is the beginning of a popular space movie from 2014 staring Matthew McConaughey

Today's Wordle Answer (September 4th #442)

Wordle September 4th 442 Attempt

The August 4th Wordle answer is INTER.

As a verb, INTER generally means placing a corpse in a grave, or tomb. Could be a little early for the upcoming spooky season, but if Christmas can start in November, Halloween can start in September. For our starting Wordle word today we used IRATE, this is our standard first word, and it was the perfect beginning to this easy-win for us. There were four correct letters in this starting word, 'I' was in the correct position and 'R', 'T', and 'E' were incorrectly placed. The only letter that didn't make it was the 'A'.

With so many hints in the first guess, there really weren't a lot of options to choose from going forward, and the first assumption was that today's Wordle answer will end in 'ER'. Thinking about what words start with 'I' and end with 'ER' we had about three choices, INNER, INTER, or INKER. Luckily we went with the correct answer and scored a solid Wordle win-in-two with INTER.

  • Wordle Poster
    Wordle
    Released:
    2021-10-01
    Developer:
    Josh Wardle
    Genre:
    Puzzle
    Platform:
    iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows
    ESRB:
    E
    Publisher:
    Josh Wardle, The New York Times Company
    Summary:
    Wordle is a web-based word-guessing game developed by Josh Wardle that took the world by storm in 2021. Players are given a five-letter word to guess and have six attempts to get the word correct. When they get a letter correct, it will mark itself as green if it's in the correct position and yellow if it is the correct letter in the wrong position. A yellow letter also means that letter could appear more than once. Wordle was purchased by The New York Times Company in 2022 and added to their website and app, keeping the core game free to play as promised - with additional words and other bonuses available through subscription, and is available via browser, iOS, and Android.
    How Long To Beat:
    1h 25m