As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for November 17's Wordle solution revealed.

"Wordle" has become such a hit because of the sense of community it helps create, linguistics expert Noël Wolf told Newsweek in October.

Connections: Sports Edition is a new version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans. Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the "common threads between words.

That was quite a bunch of unusual letters. Here are some hints — and the answer — for Wordle No. 1,244 for Thursday, Nov. 14.

One key tip for ensuring ongoing success at "Wordle" is not to rush trying to solve the puzzle if you are stuck.

Todays Wordle answer will be difficult to solve unless players use hints to guide them in the right direction and help them preserve their streak.