Understanding How to Play Wordle

You can find Wordle on the New York Times website. A fresh puzzle is made available every midnight in your local time zone.

To get started, guess a word with five letters. The letters will change color based on your guesses: correct letters turn green, present letters that are misplaced turn yellow, and letters that are not part of the day’s word turn gray. For further details, you can explore our comprehensive guide on Wordle and my in-depth strategy guide. Additional information is also available at the end of this piece, after the hints and solution.

Are you ready for some hints? Let’s get started!

Are There Any Unique Letters in Today’s Wordle?

Common letters can be defined using the old printers’ mnemonic, ETAOIN SHRDLU. (Keep this handy! Think of it as “Edwin Shirdloo,” a fictional friend.)

Today features four letters from our mnemonic, with a fifth letter being somewhat common as well.

A Helpful Hint for Today’s Wordle

It relates to a type of rock, which is also the name of a city.

Are There Any Duplicated Letters in Today’s Wordle?

No letters repeat today.

Count of Vowels in Today’s Wordle

There is a single vowel in today’s answer.

First Letter of Today’s Wordle

The word commences with the letter F.

Ending Letter of Today’s Wordle

The word concludes with the letter T.

Revealing Today’s Wordle Solution

The word for today is FLINT.

My Approach to Solving Today’s Wordle

The initial guesses included RAISE and TOUCH, followed by BLIND. Consequently, the only potential solutions were FLINT and GLINT, with FLINT being my first guess.

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Solution to Yesterday’s Wordle

Yesterday’s puzzle was of moderate difficulty. The hint provided was “an attribute of a talented individual” and included two common, one fairly common, and two somewhat common letters.

The answer was KNACK.

Introductory Guide to Wordle

The essence of Wordle involves guessing the daily secret word. Upon launching the game, a blank grid awaits you. Your first step is to input any five-letter word.

The color feedback guides your next guesses, where Green indicates an accurate letter in its correct position (e.g., guessing PARTY where the actual word is PURSE results in the P and R becoming green).

• Yellow signifies that the letter is contained in the word but sits in the wrong place (for instance, if you guessed PARTY and the word is ROAST, R, A, and T will appear yellow).
• Gray indicates the letter isn’t part of the target word at all (if everything is gray after guessing PARTY, neither PURSE nor ROAST can be the answer).

Armed with this feedback, continue guessing words until you find the right one. You have a total of six attempts before the game is concluded.

Optimal Starting Words for Wordle

What should be your initial guess? The most effective starting words generally consist of common letters, which increases the likelihood of acquiring yellow and green indicators for guidance. While there isn’t a definitive “best” guess, the Wordle analysis bot by The New York Times has recommended the following:

• CRANE
• TRACE
• SLANT
• CRATE
• CARTE

Additionally, research from MIT indicates that starting with one of these options maximizes letter elimination:

• SALET
• REAST
• TRACE
• CRATE
• SLATE

Other effective choices could include ARISE or ROUND. While words like ADIEU and AUDIO can introduce more vowels, emphasizing consonants via starters such as RENTS or CLAMP can also be advantageous. Choose a method and monitor the results.

Winning Strategies for Wordle

For those looking for in-depth strategies to enhance their Wordle skills, various guides can offer valuable insights. One guide focuses on maximizing the use of consonants, while another discusses utilizing frequently occurring letters. An advanced guide presents a three-part strategy to gather clues while enhancing winning chances.

The key differentiator between successful and unsuccessful players lies in how adeptly winners leverage their guesses to derive information regarding the letters in the word. For example, if the word concludes with -OUND, avoid using four guesses on MOUND, ROUND, SOUND, and HOUND; try integrating those consonants into a guess like MARSH. If H shows up yellow, the answer is getting closer.

Another strategy point: the original version of Wordle utilized a pool of about 2,300 solution words, but after being acquired by The New York Times, the game now features curated words from an editor. This means that some solutions might be slightly obscure or thematically inspired; for example, FEAST was the solution during Thanksgiving.

Exploring Wordle Alternatives

If five-letter guessing games pique your interest, a variety of alternatives to Wordle exist that vary in challenge:

• Wheeldle allows you to solve an ongoing series of puzzles.
• Dordle and Quordle engage you with two (Dordle) or four (Quordle) puzzles simultaneously, utilizing the same guesses. You can also try Octordle with eight puzzles, and Sedecordle featuring sixteen.
• Waffle presents several five-letter words scrambled in a grid, where your objective is to rearrange the letters correctly.
• Absurdle modifies the solution after every guess while adhering to earlier feedback, requiring a strategic approach to corner it into revealing its final word.
• Squabble offers a competitive twist where players face off against each other under time constraints; delay your guesses, and you impair your chances.
• Antiwordle challenges you to avoid guessing the secret word of the day, forcing you to recycle any correctly guessed letters, making it a unique kind of difficulty.