Worda popular game of Run by The New York Timesis back with another puzzle.
Word became a global sensation for the first time in 2021, during the coronavirus pandemic. Created by British software engineer Josh Wardle, this simple and entertaining word guessing game was so popular that it was acquired by The New York Times in January 2022. The game’s popularity has continued since then, having reached its 1,000th puzzle milestone earlier this year.
Playing Word is easy, although getting it right can be difficult. Word’The only goal is to guess the daily five-letter word in as few attempts as possible. The game introduces a new word every 24 hours and gives players six chances to guess the correct answer.
When a letter is correctly placed, its tile turns green. If a letter is part of the correct answer but is not in the correct place, the tile turns yellow. If a letter is not present in the word at all, you will know you are wrong because the corresponding thumbnail turns gray.
Talk to News weekJoel C. Wallenberg, a lecturer in languages at the University of York in the United Kingdom, said the popularity of Word reflects the inherent human fascination with language.
He said: “Language always seems to fascinate people. Perhaps this is because producing and understanding language is an incredibly complex process, and we are only aware of a tiny part of this process while it is happening; Most of what we do when we speak, we do unconsciously.
“But people may feel like they’re doing something very involved and impressive when they speak, even if they don’t know the details or why it should be that way.
“Language games show how conscious (or unconscious) we are of our own linguistic processes and perhaps give us a little more information about them than before. Perhaps this is one reasons why humans, perhaps universally, have always invented and enjoyed language games.
Scroll with caution from now on: Monday’s winning answer is at the bottom of this page.
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Word #1,213 Tips and tricks for Monday October 14
News week has put together five clues to help players who might be confused by Monday’s game. Word:
Clue #1: THE Word the answer ends in a consonant.
Clue #2: There are no repetitive letters in Monday’s response.
Clue #3: Monday Word is a noun.
Clue #4: There are two vowels.
Clue #5: The answer begins with “G”.
Word #1,213 Response from Monday October 14
Still stuck? Monday Word The answer is “GAMUT,” which means “the entire series of recognized musical notes” or “an entire range or series,” as in statistics, according to the Merriam Webster Dictionary.
