Wordle 497 Answer, October 29: Check Out Hints And Clues To Solve Today’s Wordle Puzzle

Wordle 497 Answer Today, October 29: The Wordle challenge today is a known word, though we don’t use it very commonly in regular conversations. Players may find it difficult to solve this one. Having said that, the word contains a good mix of vowels and consonants, making it a good starter word though it has a duplicate letter. The combination of letters is easy to guess, and there is no threat of multiple options. Need more help to solve Wordle 497? Read on.

How To Play Wordle And What Are Its Rules

Wordle completed a year in June 2022, and has become more challenging now. The guessing game created by US-based software engineer Josh Wardle last year was an instant hit, with players finding the brain exercise exciting. The New York Times bought the game in January 2022. 

Wordle rules are simple. You have six chances to guess the five-letter randomly-generated word, which is released every midnight. The small squares where you fill in the letters turn green, yellow or grey, suggesting if you are right.  

A green box means the letter is in the right location.

If the box turns yellow, it means your guess is right but the letter is not in the right place.

A grey box means the letter is incorrect.

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Wordle 497 Hints And Answer

• The word has two vowels
• There is one duplicate letter
• It’s a noun, and also used as verb 
• The vowels are ‘I’ and ‘E’ 
• The first letter is ‘L’

Were the hints useful? If not, read on and see the correct answer.

The Wordle 497 answer is ‘LIBEL’. It means “a piece of writing that contains bad and false things about a person”, as described by the Cambridge dictionary. As verb, it means “to write and publish something that contains bad and false things about a person”.