Updated: 4 August 2025
At Wordle Hints (“we”, “us”, or “wordlehints.co.uk”), we use cookies to help make your experience smoother, faster, and more relevant, especially when it comes to ads and site performance. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them (especially with services like Google AdSense), and how you can control them.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that get stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites remember your settings, improve performance, and in some cases, show you ads that are more relevant to you.
We use:
- Essential cookies – to make the site work properly.
- Performance cookies – to understand how people use our site (via Google Analytics).
- Advertising cookies – used by Google AdSense to serve personalized ads.
How We Use Cookies
Here’s how cookies help us:
- Ads: Google AdSense uses cookies to show personalized ads based on your interests. This includes tracking your visits to our site and others.
- Analytics: Google Analytics 4 helps us understand which pages are popular, how long visitors stay, and more – all anonymized.
- Comments: If you leave a comment, cookies can save your name/email for next time – just for convenience.
Your Choices
You can control or disable cookies anytime by:
- Adjusting your browser settings to block or delete cookies.
- Managing ad personalization at Google’s Ads Settings.
- Installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Third-Party Cookies
Third-party vendors like Google may place cookies on your device too. These cookies are controlled by those third parties and governed by their own privacy policies.
Learn more about how Google uses cookies in advertising:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Need Help?
Still have questions about cookies? You can reach out anytime at [email protected].