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Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer.

If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable SEE ALSO: NYT Connections today: Hints and answers for April 6 Where did Wordle come from?

Originally created by engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner, Wordle rapidly spread to become an international phenomenon, with thousands of people around the globe playing every day. Alternate Wordle versions created by fans also sprang up, including battle royale Squabble, music identification game Heardle, and variations like Dordle and Quordle that make you guess multiple words at once. 

Wordle eventually became so popular that it was purchased by the New York Times, and TikTok creators even livestream themselves playing.

What's the best Wordle starting word?

The best Wordle starting word is the one that speaks to you. But if you prefer to be strategic in your approach, we have a few ideas to help you pick a word that might help you find the solution faster. One tip is to select a word that includes at least two different vowels, plus some common consonants like S, T, R, or N.

What happened to the Wordle archive?

The entire archive of past Wordle puzzles was originally available for anyone to enjoy whenever they felt like it, but it was later taken down, with the website's creator stating it was done at the request of the New York Times. However, the New York Times then rolled out its own Wordle Archive, available only to NYT Games subscribers.

Is Wordle getting harder?

It might feel like Wordle is getting harder, but it actually isn't any more difficult than when it first began. You can turn on Wordle's Hard Mode if you're after more of a challenge, though.

SEE ALSO: NYT's The Mini crossword answers for April 6, 2025 Here's a subtle hint for today's Wordle answer:

A large, luxurious home.

Does today's Wordle answer have a double letter?

The letter L appears twice.

Today's Wordle is a 5-letter word that starts with...

Today's Wordle starts with the letter V.

SEE ALSO: Wordle-obsessed? These are the best word games to play IRL. The Wordle answer today is...

Get your last guesses in now, because it's your final chance to solve today's Wordle before we reveal the solution.

Drumroll please!

The solution to today's Wordle is...

VILLA.

Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be a new Wordle for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.

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Reporting by Chance Townsend, Caitlin Welsh, Sam Haysom, Amanda Yeo, Shannon Connellan, Cecily Mauran, Mike Pearl, and Adam Rosenberg contributed to this article.

If you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's got games now! Check out our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more.

Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to today's Wordle.

Connections: Sports Edition is a new version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans.

Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for the latest Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable What is Connections Sports Edition?

The NYT's latest daily word game has launched in association with The Athletic, the New York Times property that provides the publication's sports coverage. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

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Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer.

If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake—players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.

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Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.

Here's a hint for today's Connections Sports Edition categories

Want a hint about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:

• Yellow: Ways someone might be removed from a team

• Green: Fighting terms

• Blue: Names of soccer teams

• Purple: Share the same ending word

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Need a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:

• Yellow: Part ways

• Green: MMA terms

• Blue: English soccer clubs

• Purple: _______off

Looking for Wordle today? Here's the answer to today's Wordle.

Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.

Drumroll, please!

The solution to today's Connections Sports Edition #195 is...

What is the answer to Connections Sports Edition today

• Part ways - DISMISS, FIRE, OUST, SACK

• MMA terms - ARMBAR, CHOKE, CLINCH, SUBMISSION

• English soccer clubs - BURNLEY, LEEDS, STOKE, WATFORD

• _______off - FACE, LEAD, TIP, WALK

Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be new Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.

If you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's got games now! Check out our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more.

Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to today's Connections.

If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game.

Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There's always a theme linking every solution, along with the "spangram," a special, word or phrase that sums up that day's theme, and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.

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By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.

If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figure out today's puzzle, we've got all the NYT Strands hints for today's puzzle you need to progress at your preferrined pace.

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The words are related to friends.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are how you might describe two people getting along.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today's NYT Strands spangram is horizontal.

NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today's spangram is GetAlong.

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• Agree

• Click

• Vibe

• Mesh

• Harmonize

• Connect

• Relate

• GetAlong

Looking for other daily online games? Mashable's Games page has more hints, and if you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's got games now!

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Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to today's Strands.

Take a look at any science lab, and you might notice that the desktops and laptops scattered around the room are running Linux. Why is Linux so popular among scientists? Here are a few reasons why.

Video game consoles are no stranger to weird and unusual gimmicks. Some of these features unexpectedly grew into system-selling successes, while others were forgotten for a reason. But not every good idea gets the recognition it deserves, especially when some of the best console features have been sorely underused.

JRPGs have become so ubiquitous that it’s easy to forget they were considered fossilized relics of the 1990s not too long ago. How exactly did this written-off video game genre take back its spotlight, and why is it shining brighter than ever?

Power Automate is a free app that allows you to automate many tasks on your Windows 11 PC. From automatically emptying Recycle Bin to archiving old files, you can do many things with this app. I’ll show you some useful flows to use with the app.

Disney has dropped the first official trailer for Tron: Ares and it's a different world than Tron fans are used to.

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Of course, that world is the real world, as the trailer shows how rogue programs and their light cycles have broken out of the game world and entered into a high-speed chase with real police, easily slicing through a cop car with a light wall. Another scene depicts an ominous red-lit structure emerging from the sky, showing the virtual world merging with the real world.

Although it's been 15 years since the Tron: Legacy reboot, Tron: Ares picks up where it left off as a standalone sequel. But the film that started it all was the groundbreaking 1982 Tron. The franchise's third installment expands on the original concept by introducing Ares (Jared Leto) as an AI program on a mission. Is this mission good or bad? We don't know, but the red circuit color historically represents the system enforcers, although Leto's Ares also seems to be going rogue.

The film also stars Evan Peters as Julian Dillinger (yes, that Dillinger), Greta Lee as Eve Kim, Jodie Turner-Smith, Cameron Monaghan, Sarah Desjardins, Hasan Minhaj, Arturo Castro, Gillian Anderson, and, of course, Jeff Bridges returning as Kevin Flynn. We don't see Bridges' Flynn, but at the end of the trailer, we hear him say, "Ready? Cause there’s no going back."

Daft Punk isn't scoring the film (boo), but Nine Inch Nails, led by Trent Reznor, is (yay). Based on the trailer, it couldn't be a more worthy replacement.

Tron: Ares hits theaters on October 10.

There were plenty of things players expected with the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal, but higher prices were not one of them. Nintendo is pushing things to a new $79.99 standard that feels like it will set a new precedent in the industry. It's hard to believe Nintendo would be the one to push it this year, especially with the rumors about Grand Theft Auto VI's prices.

If you've been using your graphics card for a while, there's a good chance it's no longer running as cool and quiet as it did when it was new. In extreme cases, you might even experience degraded performance or crashes. Regular dusting helps, but it doesn't fully address the issue—the thermal paste and pads inside the card have dried out and are no longer doing their job properly.

Alright, you have taken the plunge and upgraded to a 4K monitor. Now, you can access a higher resolution for crisper visuals and text. However, acquiring the monitor is just the first step. Here are the top five things to do to get the most out of your newest purchase.

President Donald Trump's plans to enable a US acquisition of TikTok have been thwarted by Trump's plans to tariff the shit out of China.

According to The Verge, the new global tariffs imposed on China and dozens of other nations "seemingly torpedoed" plans for candidates — mostly like Oracle — to take over the ByteDance-owned app. The White House was reportedly "only seriously considering an Oracle-led consortium," which proposed licensing the algorithm, controlling data collection and software updates, but allowing ByteDance and minority stake in the company. This was "set to be announced" amidst the then-looming TikTok ban deadline (which has been delayed again).

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However, "[Trump's] tariff announcement on Wednesday torched any immediate chance of the TikTok proposal being blessed by the Chinese government," said The Verge's Alex Heath. A 34 percent tariff imposed on US imports from China obliterated any good faith efforts to negotiate a deal.

The Associated Press corroborated this: "ByteDance representatives called the White House to indicate that China would no longer approve the deal until there could be negotiations about trade and tariffs."

It's unclear whether Trump was hoping to use the steep tariff as a bargaining chip to broker a TikTok deal in exchange for lowering the tariff, but China is playing hardball. Instead, it imposed its own 34 percent tariff on US goods imported to China.

On Friday, Trump announced on Truth Social that the deadline to divest TikTok from China or ban the app in the US had been extended for 75 days. However, the legality of this extension is being questioned—one member of the Senate Intelligence Committee told The Verge that it is "against the law."

The president stated that while "tremendous progress" has been made, additional time is needed to finalize a deal.

So that's global politics right now.

There are several ways to mirror an iPhone to a Windows PC, like using AirPlay. But what if you want to access your Windows PC from your iPhone? In that case, I’d recommend using Splashtop, which lets you access your Windows PC from your iPhone, even if you don’t have your PC with you.

The Nintendo Switch 2 is coming on June 5, 2025, and the lineup looks stacked. There were over 30 games shown in Nintendo's full console reveal, and the best part is that the Switch 2 is backward compatible with original Switch games which means players will have a lot to play if they're upgrading.

The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be frustrating! If you find yourself stumped playing The Mini — much like with Wordle and Connections — we have you covered.

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Here are the clues and answers to NYT's The Mini for Saturday, April 5, 2025:

AcrossCummerbund, e.g.

• The answer is Sash.

Cheese-covered chip

• The answer is Nacho.

Singer in a synagogue

• The answer is Cantor.

Like decision-making in a hierarchical organization

• The answer is Top down.

Where a browser might get cookies?

• The answer is Bakery.

Mixes, as a drink

• The answer is Stir.

10 in a lane

• The answer is Pins.

DownPolitician on a "Fighting Oligarchy" tour with Ocasio-Cortez

• The answer is Sanders.

The first "A" of SAG-AFTRA

• The answer is Actors

Flamboyant

• The answer is Showy.

Unicorn's defining feature

• The answer is Horn.

Lap protector

• The answer is Napkin.

Raccoon-like mammal of South America

• The answer is Coati.

1/16 of a cup: Abbr.

• The answer is TBSP.

If you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's got games now! Check out our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more.

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Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to the latest Mini Crossword.

Starting Monday, fact-checking on Meta platforms will officially end in the US. Newly appointed chief of global policy Joel Kaplan announced the deadline on Friday in an X post.

"By Monday afternoon, our fact-checking program in the US will be officially over. That means no new fact checks and no fact checkers," wrote Kaplan. "In place of fact checks, the first Community Notes will start appearing gradually across Facebook, Threads & Instagram, with no penalties attached."

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In early January, two weeks before President Trump started his second term, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook, Instagram, and Threads would replace its fact-checking program with X-style Community Notes. Zuckerberg explained the content moderation pivot, saying, "Fact-checkers have been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they’ve created."

Meta's new policy is purportedly a protection of free speech and an effort to combat political censorship. But civil rights and digital policy experts say the move will allow propaganda, misinformation, and disinformation to flourish unchecked — even more than it already does on Meta platforms. Meta's adoption of crowd-sourced community notes is similar to the approach adopted by X under Elon Musk's leadership. But misinformation and hate speech have increased on X since Musk's takeover.

Meta has already started beta testing Community Notes and inviting users to sign up to become contributors. To become contributors, users must be over 18 years old, have an account older than six months, and be "in good standing."

But Meta reportedly won't apply Community Notes to paid ads, so if you want to say something outrageous or offensive, you just have to pay for it. Around the same time, Meta announced the elimination of fact-checking, it also shut down its DEI programs and rolled back its hate speech policies.

You can get a lot done with the built-in applications and tools on Mac computers, but there are a few more utility apps I install on every Mac to speed along work and help with troubleshooting. If you have a Mac, you should check out these five utilities.

While AMD continues to fight valiantly, Nvidia is a force to be reckoned with in the world of GPUs, and they’re difficult to avoid. On Linux, this is slightly more complicated than it is on Windows, but is it enough to be a problem?

Over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids are a game-changer for anyone with mild to moderate hearing loss. These non-prescription devices make it easier and more affordable to improve your hearing without needing a doctor’s visit.

Apple’s famous advertising slogan “There’s an app for that” feels suitably dated now. The early 2010s was a time when everything “needed” a mobile app, whether or not that app provided significant benefits over a website or not.