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Here’s the answer for “Wordle” #1222 on October 23, as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

Oh hey there! If you’re here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we’re serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today’s answer.

If you just want to be told today’s word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for October 23’s Wordle solution revealed. But if you’d rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

Where did Wordle come from?

Originally created by engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner, Wordle rapidly spread to become an international phenomenon, with thousands of people around the globe playing every day. Alternate Wordle versions created by fans also sprang up, including battle royale Squabble, music identification game Heardle, and variations like Dordle and Quordle that make you guess multiple words at once. 

Wordle eventually became so popular that it was purchased by the New York Times, and TikTok creators even livestream themselves playing.

What’s the best Wordle starting word?

The best Wordle starting word is the one that speaks to you. But if you prefer to be strategic in your approach, we have a few ideas to help you pick a word that might help you find the solution faster. One tip is to select a word that includes at least two different vowels, plus some common consonants like S, T, R, or N.

What happened to the Wordle archive?

The entire archive of past Wordle puzzles was originally available for anyone to enjoy whenever they felt like it, but it was later taken down, with the website’s creator stating it was done at the request of the New York Times. However, the New York Times then rolled out its own Wordle Archive, available only to NYT Games subscribers.

Is Wordle getting harder?

It might feel like Wordle is getting harder, but it actually isn’t any more difficult than when it first began. You can turn on Wordle‘s Hard Mode if you’re after more of a challenge, though.

Here’s a subtle hint for today’s Wordle answer:

Mickey’s friend.

Does today’s Wordle answer have a double letter?

There is one letter that appears twice.

Today’s Wordle is a 5-letter word that starts with…

Today’s Wordle starts with the letter G.

The Wordle answer today is…

Get your last guesses in now, because it’s your final chance to solve today’s Wordle before we reveal the solution.

Drumroll please!

The solution to today’s Wordle is…

GOOFY.

Don’t feel down if you didn’t manage to guess it this time. There will be a new Wordle for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we’ll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today’s Strands.

Reporting by Chance Townsend, Caitlin Welsh, Sam Haysom, Amanda Yeo, Shannon Connellan, Cecily Mauran, Mike Pearl, and Adam Rosenberg contributed to this article.

If you’re looking for more puzzles, Mashable’s got games now! Check out our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more.

Not the day you’re after? Here’s the solution to yesterday’s Wordle.

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Connections is a New York Times word game that’s all about finding the “common threads between words.” How to solve the puzzle.

Connections is the latest New York Times word game that’s captured the public’s attention. The game is all about finding the “common threads between words.” And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we’ve served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today’s puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for October 23’s Connections solution. But if you’d rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

What is Connections?

The NYT‘s latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications’ Games section. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

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Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there’s only one correct answer.

If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake—players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.

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Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.

Here’s a hint for today’s Connections categories

Want a hit about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:

Yellow:

Green:

Blue:

Purple:

Here are today’s Connections categories

Need a little extra help? Today’s connections fall into the following categories:

Yellow: Yellow___

Green: Green___

Blue: Blue___

Purple: Purple____

Looking for Wordle today? Here’s the answer to today’s Wordle.

Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today’s puzzle before we reveal the solutions.

Drumroll, please!

The solution to today’s Connections #500 is…

What is the answer to Connections today

Yellow___: CAB, JACKET, JOURNALISM, PAGES

Green___: BERET, GOBLIN, SALAD, THUMB

Blue____: JAY, JEANS, MOON, WHALE

Purple___: HAZE, HEART, PROSE, RAIN

Don’t feel down if you didn’t manage to guess it this time. There will be new Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we’ll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today’s Strands.

If you’re looking for more puzzles, Mashable’s got games now! Check out our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more.

Not the day you’re after? Here’s the solution to yesterday’s Connections.

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Colonoscopies are the true path to lasting friendship between ‘Only Murders in the Building’s Steve Martin and Martin Short.

Only Murders in the Building is a delight on many levels, from the joys of comedic cozy crime, to the thrill of playing along in trying to crack the case, to reveling in the incredible chemistry of its amateur sleuths. But one of the biggest joys is watching longtime friends and colleagues Martin Short and Steve Martin mercilessly mock each other in character and on the press tour.

As rough as Oliver and Charles (or Short and Martin) are on each other, you can feel the deep bond of brotherhood that’s spanned decades all the way back to the 1986 comedy gem The Three Amigos. And in the latest episode of Only Murders, they pulled from a real-life staple of their friendship for an emotional moment. 

Charles and Oliver fight and make up in a very Steve and Martin way.

In Season 4 episode 9, “Escape from Planet Klongo,” Charles and Oliver get into a very public fight on the set of the latest Ron Howard movie. Pushed to the brink by Oliver’s demands for a top-notch bachelor party, Charles unloads on him, calling him “insufferable” — while both are dressed in mo-cap suits before a squad of background actors and production crew. Shortly thereafter, however, Charles apologizes and the two go for lunch at a Chinese restaurant called Red Dragon Palace. 

“You know we’re going to be friends to the end,” Oliver offers once they’re seated. Charles can’t handle the emotional honesty, so the pair hide behind their menus while they dive into this vulnerable heart-to-heart. As Oliver reassures Charles that they are friends for life, he says assuringly, “We can get colonoscopies together.”

That right there is a thing Martin and Short (or Steve and Martin) do together in real life. 

Martin Short and Steve Martin throw colonoscopy parties together. 

In Short’s charming 2014 autobiography, I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend, Short detailed this tradition, which happens every other year. He, Martin, Tom Hanks (who also gets mentioned in this ep), and producer Walter Parks get together for a purposeful slumber party at Steve Martin’s home. They spend the night playing poker, eating Jell-O and broth, and spending ample time in the bathroom cleansing their systems for the exam, which is scheduled for the following day. In the book, Short clarifies they are not in the same room when the exam happens. But they all drive together to their synced appointments and go out for lunch and margaritas afterward. 

In 2018, Martin and Short talked about this on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Short said the one downside of this bonding experience is Martin’s home only has one bathroom. “By 10 p.m. the bathroom looks like day 14 of a Carnival Cruise.”

If you’re thinking this sounds familiar, but you somehow missed Martin’s autobiography, the Kimmel appearance, and the waves both made online, maybe you saw “Join the Club,” the episode of Max’s Hacks in which fictional comedienne Deborah Vance is invited to a colonoscopy party of older male comics, whom she greatly admires (or envies). That does seem to be a point of inspiration for the show, though perhaps the concept has caught on among older comedians looking to be health-conscious and supportive through all kinds of shit (literally). 

This is all to say that this bit of dialogue about colonoscopies in Only Murders of the Building isn’t an idle punchline. It harkens back to a real thing in the enduring friendship between two legendary comedians, whose bond translates beautifully onscreen still. Who needs friendship bracelets?

Only Murders in the Building Season 4 is now streaming on Hulu, with a new episode every Tuesday.

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On Oct. 30, Alamo Drafthouse theaters will be hosting multi-sensory experience screenings of the movie “Heretic,” complete with blueberry pie smell.

If you’ve ever wanted to smell a movie, you’re in luck. A24 will be hosting multi-sensory experience screenings of the upcoming horror film Heretic, complete with the smell of blueberry pie.

Why blueberry pie, you may ask? The answer lies in Heretic‘s first spooky trailer. The film, directed by A Quiet Place writers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, sees Mormon missionaries Sister Barnes (Yellowjackets‘ Sophie Thatcher) and Sister Paxton (The Fabelmans‘ Chloe East) visit the home of the kindly seeming Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant). At first, the young women are hesitant to enter Reed’s house, as they need a woman present. He assures them that his wife is just in the kitchen, baking some blueberry pie.

But when Barnes and Paxton discover that the delicious smell of blueberry pie is just the result of a scented candle, they’ll realize that Mr. Reed is much more devious than he initially seemed — and he has a horrifying series of trials that will test their faith planned for them.

To smell along to Heretic with Paxton and Barnes, head to Alamo Drafthouse theaters on Oct. 30 for the film’s one-night-only scented screenings. The screenings are the result of a partnership between A24 and Joya Studio, which is also behind A24’s scented Genre Candles.

Multi-sensory Heretic screenings hit Alamo Drafthouses Oct. 30. The film hits theaters Nov. 8.

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Young and new adult romance novels are part of today’s Stuff Your Kindle Day

GET FREE YOUNG ADULT ROMANCE BOOKS: It’s Stuff Your Kindle Day, and this time the theme is romance. Download dozens of free romance sci-fi books today.

Attention readers: There are hundreds of free Kindle books today at Amazon as part of the wonderful Stuff Your Kindle Day. You’d assume that means you need a Kindle device, but you can also read these free romance digital books with a Kobo or Nook. If you don’t have these devices, you can also download these books and read them on your smartphone since the titles are also available on Google Play and Apple Books apps. If, however, you’re interested in grabbing a new Kindle, the Mashable favorite is the Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition.

This time the event is centered around romance novels and covers a huge range of subcategories like historical romance, sweet and clean romance, and even paranormal romance. But if your partial to young adult books, you’re in for a great treat because dozens of titles are included in today’s deal. Here are some top picks to get you started:

Best overall deal

Why we like it

Flagged as one of the best BookTok picks, The Divine and the Cursed by J.E. Reed is the first book in the Fae of Alastríona series. With love and survival as the predominant themes, The Divine and the Cursed takes readers on a journey with 18-year-old Arianna, a half-bread Fae sold into slavery who faces some tricky choices when she winds up in the company of her country’s greatest enemy.

Best clean young-adult romance deal

Why we like it

For those looking for a clean young adult romance novel, The Day of the Dice by Sophie Toovey takes us on a dystopian retelling on the classic story Pride and Prejudice. Elise is headed to her day of the dice where she’ll be paired off, surviving as one of the last 10 families on Earth. She wants nothing more to escape her fate, but while planning, she runs into love and must decide what her future will hold.

While the Kindle version of The Day of the Dice usually costs $3.99, it’s currently free at Amazon.

Best contemporary young-adult romance deal

Why we like it

If you’re a fan of contemporary young adult novels, check out Girls Who Lie Together by Jessa Russo which is free today in Kindle version instead of the normal price of $5.99. What was meant to be a minor act of disobedience lands Renata in trouble and sent away to a work program in New Orleans. It seems like the worst summer ever, but Ren soon meets Brit who turns out to be exactly what she’s always needed. But as first loves tend to go, the relationship ends with heart break. However, what happens when the two girls meet again is some thing no one ever expected.

More free young adult romance titles at Amazon:

Chrysanthemum Palace by Morgana Sinclayr — $0 $0.99

The Curse of the Arcadian Stone: Vol. 1 Stolen Oath by S.R. Breaker — $0 $0.99

When Then Became Now by Monique Rardin Richardson — $0 $0.99

Don’t Dare Love by Sonya Jesus — $0 $2.99

Love, Anonymous by Keighley Bradford — $0 $2.99

Riptide by Sarah Swartz — $0 $2.99

Desperation by C.B. Stone — $0 $3.99

Starlight by Nikki Chartier — $0 $3.99

So Damn Sketchy by Bonnie Kent — $0 $4.50

Marked by Bridget E. Baker — $0 $5.99

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Apple TV+ has dropped its trailer for “Bad Sisters” Season 2, Sharon Horgan’s dark crime comedy.

Apple TV+ has dropped its trailer for “Bad Sisters” Season 2, Sharon Horgan’s dark crime comedy.

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“Love Hurts” hits theaters February 7. Watch the trailer with Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose.

“Love Hurts” hits theaters February 7. Watch the trailer with Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose.

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On Oct. 22, celebrate Stuff Your Kindle Day with romance sci-fi books that are totally free at Amazon.

GET FREE SCI-FI ROMANCE BOOKS: It’s Stuff Your Kindle Day, and this time the theme is romance. Download dozens of free romance sci-fi books today.

We’re all about free deals — it’s the best price, after all. Avid readers might already know about Stuff Your Kindle Day, but if you’re new to the world of e-books, here’s the rundown: Stuff Your Kindle Days are author-led events to offer books at zero cost to you for a limited time. That means you get to pack dozens of books onto your Kindle without spending a single penny.

While the name implies you’ll need a Kindle device, that’s not the case. Kindle, Kobo, and Nook readers can download these free romance e-books. It’s even possible to download these books on your preferred app and read them directly from your phone, as these free titles are available on the Google Play and Apple Books apps. But if you’re in the market for a Kindle, our favorite is the Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition.

The current Stuff Your Kindle Day is all about romance books, and there’s something for everyone during this sale. Take your pick from historical romance, sweet and clean romance, or even paranormal romance. But if you have a hard time putting down sci-fi novels, there’s a ton included in the sale today, all with a romance theme. Here are a few picks to get you started:

Best overall deal

Why we like it

Claire Ainsley was born in a secure compound, far from the Wasteland full of terrifying Wastelanders. Claire understands her compound is exactly where she belongs, but what happens when life takes an unexpected turn?

The Wastelander: A Post Apocalyptic Romance by E.S. Luck takes on the story of how Claire navigates a new, dangerous life when she finds herself outside of the safety of her compound. What’s more, she finds herself falling for a Wastelander…

Part of the romance-centered Stuff Your Kindle Day, this story is all yours at no cost today at Amazon, which means you’ll save $4.99.

Best dystopian sci-fi romance

Why we like it

Touching on topics like human nature and survival instincts, Alchemy of Light and Shadow by Myosotis weaves romance into a dystopian realm. Since monsters threaten humanity’s existence each night, everyone is forced to live in massive domes, created by ancient alchemy. Safety may seem assured inside the dome, but danger lurks from within. And not every domed city remains impenetrable. When society is getting much too crowded, a team is sent to reclaim a lost city. What happens then highlights some of life’s biggest questions.

Best romance sci-fi book in a series

Why we like it

Starship Waking by C. Gockel, book four of the Archangel Project, is free today as part of the romance-themed Stuff Your Kindle Day. The novel explores the occurrences when three incredibly different lives collide. But before you dive into this novel, check out the first book in the series, Archangel Down, which is also completely free today.

More romance sci-fi books to download on Stuff Your Kindle Day:

The Viking and the Raven: A Living Past Time Travel Romance by Annie O. Liberty — $0 $0.99

The Tourist and the Knight by Annie O. Liberty — $0 $0.99

Alpha Star: Big Sky Alien Mail Order Brides by Elsa Jade — $0 $0.99

An Alien Prince for Thanksgiving by Isla Chiu — $0 $0.99

An Alien Needs Curves by Vivi Storm — $0 $2.99

Halloween Mischief by Kaylee Pike — $0 $2.99

The Retrofit: The Callistar 1.0 by B. Williams and J.J. White — $0 $2.99

From Vangar, With Love: Sci Fi Alien Romance Love Letters by Julie K. Cohen — $0 $3.99

Indigo: Alien Hunting Grounds Book 1 by Kyla Breene — $0 $3.99

Rescued and Ruined by V.T. Bonds — $0 $3.99

Alien Wanted: Sci Fi Mail Order Bride Grumpy Warrior Romance by Julie K. Cohen — $0 $4.99

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Netflix’s trailer for Christmas romcom ‘Meet Me Next Christmas’ has Christina Milian searching for love and Pentatonix tickets.

Netflix’s trailer for Christmas romcom ‘Meet Me Next Christmas’ has Christina Milian searching for love and Pentatonix tickets.

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Directed by Brady Corbet and starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, and Guy Pierce, “The Brutalist” hits theaters this December.

Directed by Brady Corbet and starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, and Guy Pierce, “The Brutalist” hits theaters this December.

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