You're sure to find a clue for the January 25 (950) Wordle question. You can use the clues to improve your deductive skills, use today's clues to decide the winner, or take a peek at Thursday's answers to get the point.

I was nervous. I didn't get a good grasp of today's wordle until about halfway down the board, and even then I ended up staring at a half-formed answer. The good news is that I finally got there. The bad news is that just when I thought I was about to lose it all, this happened in the last line.

Today's word has several different meanings. It can be a large slab or chunk of solid material, such as marble or stone, or it can be some obstacle that prevents other people, vehicles, or objects from moving around as normal. In social media, we do this to people we don't want to meet or talk to.

No letter is used twice in today's puzzle.

If you're new to daily wordle puzzles, or if you just want to take a break and refresh yourself for a while, here's a quick trick to help you win. Nothing makes the rest of your day better than a small victory.

There is no timer. If you get stuck, there is no shame in going back to the puzzle later that day and finishing it when your head is clear.

Here's today's winner: the answer to the January 25 (950) Wordle is BLOCK.

Keeping track of the last handful of wordle answers helps eliminate the current possibilities. It is also useful for inspiring opening words and subsequent guesses if you are short on ideas for the day.

Here are the last 10 answers in Wordle:

Wordle displays five boxes in six columns each day, where the goal is to figure out the correct five-letter word by entering a guess and deleting or checking the individual letters.

Getting off to a good start with a strong word like ARISE (one that contains multiple vowels, common consonants, and non-repetitive letters) is a good tactic; pressing Enter will display the correct or incorrect answer in the box. If the box goes to ⬛️, it means the letter is not in the secret word at all. A 🟨 means the letter is in the word but not in that position. 🟩 means that the correct letter is in the correct position.

The second guess should complement the starting word, using another "good" word to cover the common letter missed last time, while avoiding the letter that we now know for sure is not present in today's answer. With any luck, a few colored squares will be created and you will be on the right track.

Then it is just a matter of using what you have learned to narrow down the correct words. You can try six times in all, and you can only use actual words (you cannot fill in the box with EEEEE to see if there is an E). Letters may be repeated (e.g. BOOKS).

If you need further advice, check out our Wordle tips.

Wordle was originally conceived by software engineer Josh Wardle as a surprise for his partner who liked word games. From there it spread to his family and was finally released to the public. Since then, the word puzzle game has spawned a slew of Wordle-like games, focusing the daily gimmicks on music, math, and geography; it wasn't long before Wordle became so popular that it was sold to the New York Times for a seven-figure sum. Indeed, it would only be a matter of time before we would be communicating solely through tricolored boxes.