January 8 Wordle 568 Answer and Hints

Wordle is back with yet another challenging word puzzle for today. The word of the day is difficult for a number of reasons, and many players will be hunting for some help. This article is for anyone who needs help with the rules, a little strategy, or is in need of help with the answer.

How To Play Wordle

Wordle is a short game hosted by the New York Times Games. While there are tons of copycats and clones out there, the NYT's version is the original version and the subject of this article. Other versions will have different answers and may have slightly different rules of how to play. For example, a niche themed version of Wordle might only have answers relevant to a certain game or subject, like the dog-themed Wordle or the many Pokemon- themed versions.

In order to play the original, New York Times version, players will either need to head for the New York Times Games Wordle website or the New York Times Games Crossword App. Once there, players will need to choose a starting word. Great starting words follow some rules that players should learn.

Wordle answers must be five letters long and a real word.
They cannot be proper nouns.
While they can be used as guesses, old Wordle answers will not repeat. These should be avoided.
While they can be used as guesses, Wordle answers will never ben plural nouns ending in S or ES.
Starting word should have five different common letters in them.

Type the starting Wordle word into the site and press enter. This will cause the letters to change colors.

Green = right
Gray = incorrect
Yellow = right but in the wrong place in the word.

Given these clues, players need to keep trying new words and getting new clues. They have six total tries to get to the answer.

Hints for the Wordle 568 for January 8, 2023

Today's word can be challenging for a number of reasons. If players are looking to make sure they don't lose their Wordle winning streaks, they can check below for a few clues that don't give the whole thing away.