EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is for Wordle answer #391; the July 16th Wordle answer is available now.
The July 16th players who have strong starting words should be able to complete the daily game with no trouble at all. The word is also fairly common, which always helps, and doesn't have any extreme tricks up its sleeves like common prefixes or suffixes. Once players figure out the obvious there is really no getting today's answer wrong.
For those players that do prefer a more difficult puzzle, Wordle does provide a Hard Mode that can be accessed through the options menu before a game is started. This mode will lock letters and not allow players to guess random words based on the previous hints given. If a letter has been proven correct it must be used in each subsequent guess. The same goes for letters proven incorrect, they will be locked out of future use. This can actually help lower some players' number of guesses each day as it forces the player to use more critical thinking instead of relying on simply guessing words just to try out some other letters.
Today's Wordle Hints (July 16th #392)
Before fully spoiling today's Wordle answer we've provided a few hints to help out those who just need a little push in the right direction.
- Hint 1: Today's Wordle answer does contain a repeated letter.
- Hint 2: This word could be used to describe something with a lot of space.
- Hint 3: Another use of today's answer could be a nickname for someone who lives with you.
Today's Wordle Answer (July 16th #392)
The July 16th Wordle answer is ROOMY.
Another fairly common word for July, ROOMY means exactly what it sounds like, an area with lots of room or something spacious. For our starting Wordle word today we used IRATE, which provided an incorrectly placed 'R' and a whole lot of wrong letters. Our second guess was POURS which moved the 'R' into another incorrect spot and provided our first correct vowel with 'O'. Knowing that we used up all the other vowels it was immediately assumed that 'O' was repeated somehow in today's answer so for our third guess we went with COLOR, this proved that there is two 'O's in today's answer and left only one real spot for the 'R' to go. Finally, we finished it off with a win-in-four and the correct answer, ROOMY. Another Wordle word is taken down, on to the next one.
