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Today's ‘Wordle' #1468 Hints, Clues And Answer For Thursday, June 26th
Today's ‘Wordle' #1468 Hints, Clues And Answer For Thursday, June 26th

Forbes

time3 days ago

  • Entertainment
  • Forbes

Today's ‘Wordle' #1468 Hints, Clues And Answer For Thursday, June 26th

How to solve today's Wordle. Looking for Wednesday's Wordle hints, clues and answer? You can find them here: It's Thor's Day and that means I owe you the answer to Wordle Wednesday's riddle. We'll get to that before we tackle the Wordle itself. This was the riddle: What has a spine but no bones? The answer? A book! (Though not an eBook). Kudos to those of you who messaged me the answer! Okay, folks. It's Wordle time. How To Solve Today's Wordle The Hint: Part of negotiations. The Clue: This Wordle has a double letter. Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming! . . . Today's Wordle Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here. This one just didn't shake out well for me. PLATE left me with a whopping 334 words and just one yellow 'E' and CHOIR, which was all new letters, only cut that down to 20. I chose OWNER because several of the words I came up with at this point started with 'O' and I was clearly on the right track. But with three words left, it was something of a crapshoot. I chose ORDER because OFFER would have potentially left me with ODDER as a remaining option if it hadn't been correct. Sadly, OFFER was the Wordle. Today's Wordle Bot I'm a little less bummed out about guessing in five since that actually means I tied the Bot today (and means the Bot guessed in five two days running!). We each lose 1 point, bringing our June totals down to: Erik: 16 points Wordle Bot: 9 points The word "offer" comes from Latin offerre, meaning "to present, bring before," from ob- ("toward") + ferre ("to carry, bear"). It entered English via Old French offrir in the 12th century. Let me know how you fared with your Wordle today on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Also be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me here on this blog where I write about games, TV shows and movies when I'm not writing puzzle guides. Sign up for my newsletter for more reviews and commentary on entertainment and culture.

Bye-Bye, Bingeing! How 'The Handmaid's Tale's Final Season Brought Back The Joy Of Weekly TV
Bye-Bye, Bingeing! How 'The Handmaid's Tale's Final Season Brought Back The Joy Of Weekly TV

Elle

time3 days ago

  • Entertainment
  • Elle

Bye-Bye, Bingeing! How 'The Handmaid's Tale's Final Season Brought Back The Joy Of Weekly TV

The Handmaid's Tale is finally drawing to a close. The hit Hulu adaptation, which is now in its sixth and final series, of Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel foreshadowed much of the tumult that has unfolded in the world today. The series, which premiered in 2017, drew inspiration from Atwood's story but creators of the show extended the novel past its intended lifecycle to create the premise for the series. The result is a show that has stunned, shocked and seriously earned its stripes among its now-adoring legion of fans. While the subjects of The Handmaid's Tale are far from the sort of frivolous fluff you might associate with joy, the ritual of sitting to watch the series' episodes as they have aired in the UK every week — and sharing in the collective joy of that experience with other fans of the show — has revitalised the modern-day TV viewing experience. In fact, it's precisely that joy of viewing anticipation that the show has so effortlessly imparted. Of course, for regular TV watchers, this won't come as a great surprise. When Netflix launched its streaming service in 2007, it planted the seeds of a new way of watching television. While once upon a time, we'd abided by 'event-watching' or 'appointment viewing', suddenly a new, more expedient and immediate way of consuming television was introduced to the masses. The arrival of streaming accelerated the idea that on-demand viewing was the rule, rather than the exception. Upon its release onto Netflix in 2020, Bridgerton ascended the ranks to become the platform's most-watched series of all time, with a 82 million households streaming the show's eight episodes in its first month on Netflix. In the years since, Adolescence, Wednesday, Squid Game and Stranger Things have all muscled in on Bridgerton's success. Yet the plates are once again shifting in the world of television. While the revelation of being able to binge entire TV series in a matter of hours redefined the consumption of content, there were virtues to the process of weekly releases and weekly time slots. They established a collective habit; across the nation, we'd sit down and watch television episodes live, as they aired for the first time. It created a communal television experience, which shifted when it became possible to binge-watch an entire TV series within a matter of hours. It's precisely that feeling of collective watching — the sense that you're really part of something, of a very real and tangible viewing experience — that the weekly episodes of The Handmaid's Tale's sixth season have revived. It's clearly engaging devoted fans of the series, too. When it aired earlier this year in America, the series finale gathered 4.4 million views — marking a 22% increase in viewership compared to the season six premiere, according to Hulu's internal data. It's not only The Handmaid's Tale that's redefining the viewing experience. Since launching in 2019, Apple TV+ has widely defied expectations and kept to weekly episode releases for its coterie of hit series, including the Emmy Award-winning series Severance and The Morning Show. The return to traditional TV watching is also being heralded by HBO, whose jewel in its crown, The White Lotus is also released weekly, while still creating monoculture-like moments. In defiance of the binge-drop era, there is nothing — nothing! — like spending an entire seven-day stretch of your life percolating on what may become of your stable of beloved fictional characters. If there's anything worthy of bingeing, in fact, it's the joy of anticipation and the delay of instant gratification that comes with weekly episode releases. Praise be (and so long), The Handmaid's Tale. ELLE Collective is a new community of fashion, beauty and culture lovers. For access to exclusive content, events, inspiring advice from our Editors and industry experts, as well the opportunity to meet designers, thought-leaders and stylists, become a member today HERE. Naomi May is a freelance writer and editor with an emphasis on popular culture, lifestyle and politics. After graduating with a First Class Honours from City University's prestigious Journalism course, Naomi joined the Evening Standard as its Fashion and Beauty Writer, working across both the newspaper and website. She is now the Acting News Editor at ELLE UK and has written features for the likes of The Guardian, Vogue, Vice and Refinery29, among many others.

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