Looking for help with today's New York Times Wordle? Here are some expert hints, clues and commentary to help you solve today ...

FLINT was the obvious alternative here, but those of you with decent memories may have remembered that it appeared in January ...

The answer to Wordle #1649 is: “SPOOL” is a simple word, but the double O often throws people off. Many common starter words don’t test repeated vowels, so it can take a few tries before things click.