What is the Wordle answer for 9 May?

Warning: Spoiler ahead.

It's hard to fathom what life was like before Wordle took over the internet. Now, 324 days in, and it's become our daily five minutes of joy.

If you're new to the game, the rules are simple. You have six chances at guessing a randomly generated five letter word.

If the square turns green, you have placed the correct letter in the right location.

A yellow square means you have guessed a correct letter, but it's not in the right location.

A grey square means that it's incorrect.

To make sure you don't lose your streak and before we reveal all, we’ll give you a hint: The sun does this.

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The answer for today is "SHINE", a quality of brightness produced when light is reflected on something.

Didn't guess today's word? Then don't worry. There is always tomorrow!

And if you are getting bored of Wordle - how about you try some of the alternative games knocking about the internet at the moment? There are some goodies...

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