Today's Wordle answer for Sunday, October 13

Breeze through today's Wordle with our help. A quick look over our tips will give your Sunday puzzling a boost, and if you need a little more our hint for the October 13 (1212) game is definitely going to help you out. Need something more to the point? Coming right up. Today's answer is never more than an easy click away if you need a guaranteed Wordle win.

On the one hand, I can see how the clues I found quickly led me to today's answer. But on the other, how on earth did I manage to connect the dots like that?