Hurdle hints and answers for October 21

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If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.

There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give you several clues or none, depending on the words. For the final hurdle, every correct answer from previous hurdles is shown, with correct and misplaced letters clearly shown.

An important note is that the number of times a letter is highlighted from previous guesses does necessarily indicate the number of times that letter appears in the final hurdle.

If you find yourself stuck at any step of today's Hurdle, don't worry! We have you covered.

Hurdle Word 1 hint

Boxers do this for work.

Hurdle Word 1 answer

FIGHT

Hurdle Word 2 hint

They are gathered to hunt outlaws.

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Hurdle Word 2 Answer

POSSE

Hurdle Word 3 hint

A way to describe a chimney sweep's appearance.

Hurdle Word 3 answer

SOOTY

Hurdle Word 4 hint

What winners get.

Hurdle Word 4 answer

PRIZE

Final Hurdle hint

A bit of hail, a bit of rain.

Hurdle Word 5 answer

SLEET

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