‘Wordle’ #1,086 Hints and Answer for Sunday, June 9 Game

Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest and that’s why Newsweek is here to help you along with today’s Wordle.

Wordle exploded from 90 users on November 1, 2021, to 300,000 on January 2, 2022, according to figures by Statista. In January 2022, The New York Times purchased Wordle for an undisclosed low seven-figure sum, though the game remained free to play.

Part of its popularity lies in its simplicity.

Players need to solve a mystery five-letter word in six guesses or fewer and are guided by a color-coded tile system to let them know if they are on the right track.

A green tile means the letter is correct, while yellow tells you the letter appears in the word but is in the wrong spot. Finally, a gray tile shows that the letter does not appear in the word at all.

Erhan Aslan, an applied linguistics professor at the University of Reading in the U.K., gave Newsweek some advice on how to play Wordle well.

“One thing that I think is important in this game is the starting word chosen. Starting off with words that include commonly used vowels, for example, ‘e’ and ‘a,’ consonants such as ‘r’ and ‘t,’ and sound sequences might be helpful. Choosing a word that starts with ‘q,’ ‘z,’ ‘j,’ or ‘x,’ for instance, may not be the best choice,” he told Newsweek,

“As you get more feedback after a few guesses, users need to draw on some knowledge of phonics to narrow down or eliminate some words that they might be thinking. For example, if the second letter of the target word is l (indicated by green) and the player feels that the word starts with a consonant, they will need to know that there are only a few consonant cluster possibilities (such as bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl).”

If you need a hand solving today’s Wordle brainteaser, Newsweek has put together a few hints to help you out. The answer appears further down the article, so scroll with caution if you want to work it out yourself.

‘Wordle’ #1,086 Clues for Sunday, June 9

Hint #1: Today’s answer is an adverb, verb and noun.

Hint #2: The word ends in a consonant.

Hint #3: There are no repeated letters in today’s Wordle.

Hint #4: The word has one vowel.

Hint #5: Today’s Wordle begins with the letter “C.”

‘Wordle’ #1,086 Answer for Sunday, June 9

The answer to today’s Wordle is “Crowd.”

If you struggled with today’s answer, you might have better luck tomorrow—Wordle resets at midnight in your time zone.