Wordle #1923 today, September 24: Hints and clues to help you find the answer - can you figure out this five-letter word?

Today's NYT Wordle #1923 seems like one that you could solve pretty quickly. The answer is a well-known five-letter word, all of its letters are common and there is just one vowel to consider. However, there is one point which can easily mislead a otherwise good guess: a repeated letter.

There are two adjacent S letters in today's answer. If you notice one S and think that you have found the only one, your remaining guesses can then be eliminated quickly.

NYT Wordle #1923 Hints

Here are the clues which will help you. So, the word is used to describe something that is untidy or disordered. For example, imagine a room which needs cleaning, with clothes spread out over the floor and dishes left outside.

• First letter: M
• Last letter: Y
• Vowel: E
• Repeated letter: S
• Number of vowels: One
• Number of consonants: Four
• Rhymes with: None

Today's Wordle Answer

Messy describes something as untidy or disordered, for example, it can be used to refer to a cluttered desk, a spill on the counter, or a complicated breakup.

The word is formed from "mess" and the suffix "-y"; at first, the word "mess" meant a portion of food before it acquired its usual sense of disorder.

The word family consists of mess, messes, messier, messiest and messily.

Why MESSY Can Be Tricky

The greatest difficulty is the double S. It is tempting, after a player has confirmed the presence of one S, to move on and use their next guess to try out entirely different consonants; but in the case of MESSY the second S is right next to the first.

The puzzle thus serves as a reminder that discovering one letter doesn't always mean that the letter occurs only once.

The puzzle is given a 3 out of 5 rating as a streak-saver, the main difficulty coming from the S letters which are next to each other.

What Today's Wordle Teaches

If a word pattern you're used to still doesn't seem to fit, you shouldn't immediately think that you need a completely new letter.

A letter that repeats might be the key.

For this day's puzzle, having a second S in play can help stop a near-match from resulting in another go.

How to Play Wordle Explained

In Wordle, players have six tries to work out a five-letter word. If a letter is the correct one and in the right position it is shown as green, if the letter is in the word but in the wrong position it is shown as yellow, and if the letter is not in the word at all it is shown as gray.

Wordle was made by Josh Wardle in 2021 and has since become part of the collection of games offered by The New York Times, as per Technobezz report.

What Are the Best Wordle Starting Words

The Times' WordleBot suggests that CRANE should be used as the first word; other starting words that have been mentioned are ADIEU, STARE and ROAST, as per FTW USA Today report.