Newsweek has several quick hints for Friday's "Wordle" brainteaser if you are struggling to guess the five-letter word.

Words are horizontal, vertical, diagonal, and backwards, too. There's no download needed to play on Yahoo Games. Games are available on mobile, tablet and desktop so you can play at home or on the go.

Following its public debut, Wordle exploded from 90 users on November 1, 2021 to 300,000 on January 2, 2022 and The New York Times purchased it for an undisclosed seven-figure fee soon after. The game ...