Today's Wordle #397: Check clues, answer for July 21

Wordle, the popular word game, has undoubtedly taken the internet by storm. People can be seen posting their results daily on different social media platforms, especially Twitter. Have you seen grids with different colours (grey, green and yellow) posted somewhere? That's the wordle grid if you are not acquainted with it. Before we give the hints to help you guess the answer to today's Wordle, let us look at the rules to play the word game.

What is Wordle?
Wordle is an online word game. It was developed by Josh Wardle. It was first officially released on the web in October 2021 and since then has caught people's attention at a very fast pace.


What are the rules to play Wordle?
The rules to play the web-based word game is straightforward. You will be given six attempts to guess the word and have to think of a five-lettered word. If you guessed the correct word under these chances, you win. If not, you lose.

Where to play Wordle?
The web-based word game is available on the official website of the game. Just type Wordle in your browser's search bar and open its official website. As the website opens, you will witness a table of five columns and six rows. You will get six attempts to guess a five-lettered word. There is no official app for Wordle yet.

How many times can I play it per day?
You can play only one game every day from a single account.

When does the new game of Wordle gets updated on the website?
The official website gets updated with a new word every midnight. Hence, every day there's a new round of Wordle available.

What do the green, grey and yellow boxes represent?
The boxes indicate whether your letter is correct or not. The yellow box represents that the letter you have entered is a part of the word but is not placed in the correct box. The grey box means that the letter entered is not in the word. The green box implies that you have the correct letter at the right position.

What is a winning streak?
The website tracks your games, wins and losses and maintains a winning streak.

Are there other games like Wordle?
Yes. After Wordle was developed, many other games of the same format have come up. The famous ones are the Quordle and Heardle. The latter is a tune-guessing web game, while the former is a complex version of Wordle where you must guess four words.

Clues or Hints for Wordle#397, July 21:

• The word is a noun.
• The word starts with an A.
• The word ends at D.
• There are two different vowels used.
• There aren't any repeated letters.
• The word has letters like H and P.
• It is a minor bug that feeds on plants.

Answer to Wordle#397, July 21:
The answer to today's Wordle is a difficult one. It is APHID, a bug that feeds on the plant's sap.