EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is for Wordle answer #281; the March 28th Wordle answer is available now.
Wordle has packed this weekend with two very difficult answers and many people may be searching for some hints. Similar to yesterday's EPOXY answer, the March 27th game is ready to break some players' long-standing win-streaks. Since the purchase of the popular word-guessing game by The New York Times, many players have complained that the new owners increased the difficulty, this was simply based on a few hard words at the start of the acquisition but doesn't hold any truth. Using more obscure words can certainly make Wordle difficult, but getting the answer right feels all the more sweeter.
For today's Wordle, it's best for players to put aside their normal strategies and look at it in a different way. Using the game's optional Hard Mode could help as it refuses to let players use letters that have already been proven incorrect. This mode requires a little more critical thinking but will whittle the number of possible guesses down quickly, and stop players from wasting guesses on words that are guaranteed to be wrong. Hard Mode can be turned on in the options menu at the top-right corner of the game.
Today's Wordle Hints (March 27th #281)
Today's Wordle answer is a tough one for sure, and some players may still want to attempt to get it without a direct spoiler. For those players, we have a few hints that will hopefully help jog some memories.
- Hint 1: Certain forms of insect larva can help out with today's answer.
- Hint 2: This Wordle answer takes advantage of the "..and sometimes.."
- Hint 3: Today's answer also relates to imaginary creatures.
Today's Wordle Answer (March 27th #281)
Today's Wordle answer is NYMPH.
Similar to a Sprite, Nymphs are mythological spirits that generally inhabit forests or rivers. Nymphs come in many forms, the most common is a beautiful woman attuned to nature, for example, a Wood Nymph or a Water Nymph. The word nymph is also used in the insect world to describe an insect larva that doesn't change much as it grows, like a dragonfly or locust.
For today's starting word we used ROAST, which led only to five completely incorrect letters. Saddened by that start we went with BLING as the second guess. This provided a few more incorrect letters and a badly placed 'N'. For our third guess, we tried WENCH which added a correctly placed 'H' and another incorrect spot for the 'N'. The fourth, and final, guess was the right answer, but it did not come quickly at all. With so many incorrect letters, and having Wordle's Hard Mode on, NYMPH was the only possible word left and eventually, that realization was made.