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1Clear out junk files and repair common Windows errors2Fix the driver behind crashes, sound loss and screen glitches3Repair Windows errors before they cause bigger problemsFor the archived Wordle puzzle from Sunday, January 5, 2025, the puzzle number was 1296. Use the clues below in order, stopping before the spoiler if you want to solve it yourself.
Wordle #1296 hints for January 5, 2025
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The answer has five letters and no repeated letters.
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It starts with C and has just one vowel.
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Its letter pattern is consonant-consonant-consonant-vowel-consonant; E is the only vowel.
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It describes something connected with computers, computer networks, or the internet.
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For one more specific clue, Erik Kain’s January 4, 2025 Forbes Wordle clue asked: “What do ‘security’ and ‘punk’ have in common?”
Wordle answer for January 5, 2025
Spoiler — the answer is CYBER.
Parade and Xfire identify CYBER as the answer for Wordle #1296 on January 5, 2025, and Yahoo’s past-answer archive also lists it for game 1296. The answer is consistently corroborated by those archives; an official New York Times historical answer page was not directly verified.
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