If you are starting your Sunday off with a game of Wordle, hoping for some wholesome stimulation without too much frustration, Newsweek has your back.
This article will give you hints for the answers before revealing them to you, so scroll carefully.
But first, let’s back up for those who are playing the game for the first time, or coming back to it after a long break.
Wordle is the The New York Times‘ most popular game, originally made by the software engineer Josh Wardle who invented it during lockdown, simply wanting a game “for me and my partner to enjoy.”
But the game shot to success, after it garnered 2 million players in just four months, and the NYT bought it in January 2022 for an undisclosed sum.
The objective of the game is to guess the correct five-letter word within six guesses. When you enter a letter into a block, its color will change.
Green means it is the right letter in the right place, gray means the letter is not included in the word at all and yellow means you have the right letter, but in the wrong place.
Wardle explained why he chose to use five-letter words for Wordle, as opposed to other word lengths.
“There is a reason that every word is five letters long and that you are allowed six attempts to guess it,” he said in an interview with Newsweek in January 2022. “That might seem arbitrary but, with the prototype version, I tested different word lengths and experimented with the number of tries that players were allowed.
“Through that process of refinement, I figured out that five letters and six tries was the ideal sweet spot. It’s just limited enough to feel challenging and to make you think, but most of the time, people still manage to solve it. So, you feel a real sense of real accomplishment.”
‘Wordle’ #1,156 Clues for Sunday, August 18
Hint #1: Many would describe Timothée Chalamet with this word.
Hint #2: It only has one vowel in it.
Hint #3: The word is often used to describe taller people.
Hint #4: It is a word used to describe someone’s stature.
Hint #5: The word is an adjective.
‘Wordle’ #1,156 Answer for Sunday, August 18
The answer is “lanky,” which is defined by the online Cambridge dictionary as “tall and thin and often moving awkwardly as a result.”
Did you get it right? If so, congratulations! Wordle updates every day at midnight in your local time zone, at which point the next puzzle becomes available. Newsweek will be back with another round of hints and tips for each new game.
