Today's Wordle Answer & Hints For February 16, 2024 (Puzzle #972)

To solve February 16th’s answer, you will need to be careful as the solution contains a repeating letter that could throw you off. Much like previous Wordles with repeating letters, today’s answer might take up all of your attempts unless you use some hints or a different mode. It goes without saying that you might lose your daily streak if you keep using random guesses.

However, if you use ’s hard mode, you will be able to prevent losing your streak, as this mode will not let you use random words. Once you discover the correct position of a letter, you won’t be able to use them in other spots. This should let you discover the repeating letter faster than in regular mode and might even solve the answer quickly.

Using hints to solve answers is quite common as the game doesn’t give any relevant hints. As there are no specific hints for repeating letters, the below hints should give you enough context so that you can solve February 16th’s answer in less than six attempts. Here are four hints that should help solve today’s answer:

Hint 1

There is one repeating letter.

Hint 2

The answer is a verb and a noun.

Hint 3

The vowel is in the 3rd position.

Hint 4

Store something safely in a hidden or secret place.

The February 16th answer isSTASH.

We were able to solve today’s answer in less than six attempts, thanks to some lucky starting words. If you use the words SCORE, STALE, and STARS, you should be able to discover the correct positions of three letters and the incorrect spot for another one. If we rearrange the fourth letter to its correct spot, you should be able to solve today’s answer with STASH on your fourth attempt.