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It is *checks notes*Tuesday June 28, and if you're trying to get your head around the idea that we're just about halfway through the year, you're not alone. A simple word puzzle should be easier to wrap your head around, but sometime you just get stuck on the daily Wordle— and that's where we come in.

The answer to the June 28 Wordlecan be found at the end of this article, with the spoiler clearly signposted, or you can make your way down in a more leisurely fashion for a few tips, gentle hints, and strategies to help you every day.

Who made Wordle? Where did Wordle come from?

Wordleis a daily word game created by Josh Wardle, a Brooklyn-based software engineer who has developed something of a reputation as a crafter of interesting social experiments. Every day, the people of the internet are greeted with a fresh word puzzle that can only be solved — or not! — using a series of process-of-elimination clues.

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Thousands of people around the globe now play this game each day, and fans have even created alternatives to Wordleinspired by the original format. This includes music identification game Heardle, Hollywood nerd faves Actorleand Framed, and variations like Dordleand Quordlethat make you guess multiple words at once.

Not the day you're after? You'll find the Wordleanswer for June 27 here.

Look to the future!Here's where to find June 29's Wordle solution and hints.

What's the best Wordle starting word?

We have some ideas to help you pick the perfect first move (or as close to perfect as you can get without just magically guessing the exact right word). Such tips include choosing a word with at least two different vowels in it, plus a few common consonants such as S, T, R, or N.

What happened to the Wordle archive?

While you could once play the entire archive of past puzzles, the archive was taken down at the request of the New York Times, according to the site.

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Is Wordle getting harder?

If you've been finding Wordletoo easy, there is a Hard Mode you can enable to give yourself more of a challenge. But unless you activate this mode, we can assure you that Wordle isn't getting harder. 

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A subtle hint for the June 28 Wordle answer:

It's an adjective, and a bit of an old-fashioned one at that.

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

...the letter D.

What's the answer to Wordle on June 27?

Ready?

We'll finally tell you the answer.

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It's...

DROLL.

Don't know the meaning of DROLL? That's OK! DROLL means witty, dryly funny, often in a surprising or unusual way.

Reporting by Caitlin Welsh, Amanda Yeo and Adam Rosenberg contributed to this article.

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

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