Check out our hint for today’s Wordle if you’re looking to give your opening guesses a welcome boost. Or maybe you’re a bit further along the board and would like someone to help you make sense of some floating yellow letters. Looking for a simpler kind of help? You’ve got it. The answer to the September 17th Wordle (1186) is just a click away.

I could see that I was definitely on the right track today – those green letters don’t lie – but it did take some serious elimination to narrow down the board to something I could turn into a winning word. It was satisfying detective work, though, and I was thrilled to see my first serious guess at today’s answer turn the entire row green.

Today’s Wordle tip

Wordle Today: A Hint for Tuesday, September 17