In search of the Wordle solution for January 28, 2025? You’ve come to the right place! This article will provide hints, strategies, and eventually reveal today’s answer. The challenge is a bit more complex today—I figured it out in five tries. Warning: spoilers for January 28, Wordle #1,319 follow! If you want to uncover some clues (and then the answer), keep reading.

Playing Wordle: A Quick Guide

You can find Wordle here on the New York Times website. Each day at midnight, a new puzzle becomes available in your own local time zone.

Your goal is to guess a five-letter word. The letters will change color to indicate their accuracy: green for the correct letter in the right spot, yellow for a correct letter in the wrong spot, and gray for letters not present in the target word. For additional insights, refer to this guide on playing Wordle or this advanced strategy guide found further down this post, after the hints and solutions.

Ready for some hints? Let’s dive in!

Unusual Letters in Today’s Wordle

Common letters are characterized by their presence in the old typesetter’s mnemonic, ETAOIN SHRDLU. (It helps to remember this as the name of a friend: “Edwin Shirdloo.”)

Today’s puzzle contains three letters classed as common, including one that is less frequently encountered.

A Hint for Today’s Wordle

Consider a symptom associated with illness.

Repetition of Letters in Today’s Wordle

Today’s word features one letter that repeats.

Counting Vowels in Today’s Wordle

The word contains a total of one vowel, which appears twice.

Starting Letter of Today’s Wordle

The first letter of today’s word is F.

Ending Letter of Today’s Wordle

The word concludes with R.

Today’s Wordle Solution

Drumroll, please! The answer for today is FEVER.

My Approach to Solving Today’s Wordle

My attempts started with RAISE and TOUCH, then BLEND followed. To eliminate potential consonants, I tried FOGEY, which opened up hints toward solutions like FEWER and FEVER. I landed on the latter with my fifth guess.

Wordle 1,319 5/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The Answer for Yesterday’s Wordle

The previous day’s puzzle was relatively easier. The hint was “to redirect” as a verb, and it featured five commonly used letters.

Yesterday’s solution was SHUNT.

Understanding Wordle Basics

The objective in Wordle is to deduce the day’s hidden word. Upon launching the game, an empty grid awaits your first move: enter any five-letter word.

Utilize the color feedback to receive clues about the word: Green indicates a correct letter in the correct position. (For instance, if you enter PARTY and the answer is PURSE, both P and R will show in green.)

• Yellow signifies that while the letter exists in the word, it’s not in the spot you guessed. (For example, guessing PARTY and the correct word is ROAST will reveal R, A, and T in yellow.)

• Gray means that the letter isn’t part of the word at all. (If entering PARTY yields all gray, then the answer is not PURSE or ROAST.)

Keeping these markers in mind, continue guessing until you identify the correct word within your six allotted attempts.

Best Opening Words for Wordle

What’s the best guess for your initial attempt? Effective starters typically feature prevalent letters, enhancing the likelihood of discovering yellow and green squares to steer your subsequent guesses. While there isn’t a universally perfect starting word, the New York Times’s Wordle analysis bot suggests beginning with one of the following:

• CRANE

• TRACE

• SLANT

• CRATE

• CARTE

Similarly, an evaluation by MIT indicated that beginning with one of the following maximizes your chances of eliminating possibilities in the first attempt:

• SALET

• REAST

• TRACE

• CRATE

• SLATE

Other viable options include ARISE or ROUND. Chances are increased for vowel-heavy guesses like ADIEU and AUDIO, but an approach from a consonant perspective, starting with words such as RENTS or CLAMP, can also yield positive outcomes. Choose a method that resonates with your style, and see how well it works.

Strategies for Winning Wordle

For those keen on mastering Wordle, numerous guides delve into effective strategies that can prove beneficial. For example, this guide emphasizes leveraging consonants effectively, while the next one showcases the importance of common letters. An advanced tactic outlines a three-step methodology to extract hints while optimizing your chances of success.

The primary difference between players who determine the word and those who do not lies in how they utilize their guesses to gather insights about the composition of letters within the word. If you ascertain that the word must end with -OUND, don’t squander guesses on MOUND, ROUND, SOUND, and HOUND; mix the consonants and try MARSH instead. Should H reveal as yellow, clarity about the solution will emerge.

Additionally, it’s worth mentioning that the original Wordle operated off a list of roughly 2,300 potential solution words. Since the game’s acquisition by NYT, there are now editorial selections for solutions. These may include slightly more obscure terms or be themed in nature—an example being FEAST during the Thanksgiving holiday. Always consider that current solutions may bear thematic ties.

Wordle Alternatives

If the thrill of five-letter guessing games appeals to you, explore some of the best alternatives to Wordle, organized by difficulty:

• Wheeldle, which allows continuous play of subsequent puzzles

• Dordle and Quordle, engaging you with two (Dordle) or four (Quordle) puzzles simultaneously, using the same guesses. There’s also Octordle featuring eight puzzles, and Sedecordle with a remarkable sixteen.

• Waffle, a game that presents scrambled five-letter words in a grid; you solve it by rearranging the letters.

• Absurdle, which changes its answer with every guess, while remaining consistent with prior feedback. You must strategically deduce your way into a corner until only one valid word remains, then guess to win.

• Squabble, allowing competitive play against others in real-time; take too long between guesses and you’ll incur damage; the last player standing emerges victorious.

• Antiwordle, where you aim to avoid guessing the day’s answer. Must reuse any letters you manage to guess correctly, thus, the longer your guessing persists, the more adept you become at the game.