Today's Wordle answer for Sunday, June 9

Let's finish the weekend with a win. You can go straight for the answer to today's Wordle if you like—it's only a quick click away, after all. Or maybe you'd rather spend some time with a fresh clue written especially for the June 9 (1086) game instead? However you want to win, we can help.

Wordle really made me work hard to find today's answer, although «find» is perhaps too strong a word. It was really more of a «please let this be right, I've got nothing left to offer and all the letters I wanted to use have already turned grey» kind of scenario. Let's hope Monday's game is a little more relaxing.

The answer today is the name of the tenth letter in the Greek alphabet as well as a mythical being from Japanese folklore that lives near ponds and rivers.  

Yes, there are two lots of double letters in today's puzzle. 

Anyone can pick up and play Wordle, but if you want to do it well and make all of your guesses count, these quick tips will help get you started on your Wordle winning streak: 

Thankfully, there's no time limit beyond ensuring it's done by midnight. So there's no reason not to treat the game like a casual newspaper crossword and come back to it later if you're coming up blank. Sometimes stepping away for a while means you can come back with a fresh perspective. 

Enjoy your Sunday win. The answer to the June 9 (1086) Wordle is KAPPA.

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Past Wordle answers can give you some excellent ideas for fun starting words that keep your daily puzzle-solving fresh. They are also a good way to eliminate guesses for today's Wordle, as the answer is unlikely to be repeated. 

Here are some recent Wordle solutions:

Wordle gives you six rows of five boxes each day, and you'll need to work out which secret five-letter word is hiding inside them to keep up your winning streak.

You should start with a strong word like ARISE, or any other word that contains a good mix of common