The October 21 edition of NYT Wordle is interesting. The player needs to understand hints and clues to emerge victorious within 6 tries. For those new to Wordle, it's an intriguing word-search game, wherein each day, a 5-letter word is given for the player to seek. One's specific guesses will lead to the letters turning into either of these colors - yellow, green, or gray. The green color indicates the letter's correct placement; yellow means it's in the word but not accurately placed; and gray means entirely wrong. Taking the help of these color clues, one can try searching for valid 5-words in the right order.

Here are multiple hints for Wordle October 21 edition that will help you with the word search.

It was derived from an Old English word, which also means "chip."

The Wordle answer for the October 21 edition is "SPOON."

The word "spoon" comes from an old English word spon, which means chips. It's found in everyone's household and comes into use every day for serving, stirring, and eating purposes. While the word can be a bit tricky to guess initially, figuring out the two repeated vowels would do half the work.

After seeking the vowels, which are two Os in this case, the player has to figure out three consonants. Taking the help of the above hints, which also reveal the word's starting letter, it becomes easy to crack the other two letters and come up with the word "spoon."