Wordle answer and hints for Feb. 8

Wordle is released at midnight in your time zone. In order to accommodate all time zones, there will be two Wordle Reviews ...
Wordle's successful guesses often depend on strategy — paying attention to repeated letters and testing vowel placements.
In fact, it proved so successful that The New York Times bought Wordle for a seven-figure sum in early February and the game is now part of NYT Games. It's played via the NYT Games website here ...