Wordle #394: Check out hints and answer for today's Wordle, July 18

Since the Wordle got netizens' attention, the game's popularity has grown exponentially. With a new word each day, you get six attempts to get the answer right. Given the challenge, many players look for cheat codes or hints to guess the answer within the limited number of attempts.

Today, Wordle 394 was published online, and its answers have been made public. If you want hints to guess the correct answer, here are some clues to help you win today's edition:

• The word is both a noun and a verb.
• There is only one vowel in the word, which is smack in the middle of it.
• The wordle begins with a consonant and also ends with one.
• The starting letter of the word is 'F.'
• The ending letter of the word is' K. '
• The word denotes a group of birds travelling, feeding, or perching together.
• The word can also be used to denote a group of domestic animals like geese, goats, or sheep.
• The word also means a group of people that have gathered in a crowd.

Did you guess the word already? If you haven't, the answer is 'FLOCK'.


Wordle: The game
For Wordle newbies, this is a word game that gives you six tries to guess one word. The word can be a noun or a verb, changing daily. A new word is given each day, and you can play the game online. The game was developed by Josh Wardle, a software engineer from Wales. The New York Times Company owns the game and publishes it every day.

Wordle can be compared to the game Jotto, a pen-and-paper version of which allows you to guess a word. It also resembles Lingo, a TV show franchise that asked participants to guess a word in multiple attempts.

How to play Wordle?
You can access the official website of the game to get one riddle every day. The word is a 5-letter word that you can guess in six attempts. When you enter a word in each attempt, the colour of the box containing each letter changes. Suppose the letter is correct and in the proper position; the colour changes to green. If the letter is correct but in the wrong position, the colour changes to yellow. For wrong letters, the colour changes to grey. If all the letters are placed correctly, you get the correct word, and all the boxes turn green.

While today's answer has been given, you can play the game tomorrow and try to guess the correct word without peeking into the solution.