NYT Wordle Hints & Answer — Sunday, August 21, 2022 (#428)

Puzzle #428. Take one hint at a time — the answer stays hidden until you open it.

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The NYT Wordle answer for Sunday, August 21, 2022 (puzzle #428) is WASTE.

How hard is Wordle #428?

Medium42/100

• It uses the uncommon letter "W", which most opening guesses never test.

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What is the Wordle answer for Sunday, August 21, 2022?

The NYT Wordle answer for Sunday, August 21, 2022 (puzzle #428) is WASTE.

What does WASTE mean?

It starts with "W" and ends with "E", and every letter is different.

What letter does today's Wordle start with?

Today's Wordle answer starts with the letter "W".

What number is today's Wordle?

Sunday, August 21, 2022 is Wordle #428. Wordle's first puzzle was published on 19 June 2021 as #0, and the number goes up by one each day.

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A new Wordle unlocks at midnight local time, so players in different time zones get the new puzzle at different moments. Everyone on the same calendar date gets the same word.