๐ฉ WordleGuides, Codes & Tips
This hub is your daily companion for NYT Wordle and the wider New York Times games suite โ covering spoiler-free hints, full answers, pattern-based word lists, and strategy guides so you can crack every puzzle without flying blind. Whether you need a gentle nudge or a complete answer walkthrough, every resource here is updated for the current puzzle day. We also cover Connections, Strands, and Spelling Bee so one bookmark handles the entire NYT daily lineup.
Today's Wordle Answer and Hints
Every day at midnight local time the Wordle puzzle resets, giving all players the same five-letter target word. Our daily answer page is structured in layers: you get the number of vowels and a semantic clue first, then the starting letter, and finally the full answer โ so you can stop reading the moment you have enough. Puzzle numbers have now passed 1,820 consecutive daily games since the series launched in June 2021, and the NYT has never repeated a past answer. If you are chasing a streak, check the hint tier that stops just short of spoiling the word and return tomorrow with your run intact.
Wordle Solver and Pattern Tools
A Wordle solver lets you enter your known green letters, yellow misplaced letters, and grey eliminated letters to filter the remaining legal answer candidates in seconds. The most effective way to use a solver is not to grab the answer outright but to narrow the field after two guesses and then pick the highest-information word yourself. Many solvers also show letter-frequency scores so you can see why a candidate ranks above another. If you use Hard Mode โ where every revealed hint must appear in subsequent guesses โ a solver that enforces that constraint will keep your suggestions legal.
5-Letter Word Lists by Pattern
Pattern-based word lists are among the most practical tools for regular Wordle players. Common traps include the -IGHT family (FIGHT, LIGHT, MIGHT, NIGHT, RIGHT, SIGHT, TIGHT), which share four letters and can burn multiple guesses if you do not switch the differing letter quickly. In the NYT answer pool, E is the most frequent letter (appearing in roughly 46% of words), followed by A (39%), R (34%), O (29%), and T (29%). Importantly, Wordle words rarely end in S โ it appears as the final letter less than 2% of the time, far below the 31% rate for general five-letter English words, so plurals are almost never the answer.
Best Starting Words and Opening Strategy
Data analysis consistently points to a small set of elite openers: CRANE, SLATE, STARE, CRATE, and RAISE all appear at the top of frequency-weighted rankings, with CRATE achieving around a 3.3 average-guess solve rate across the known answer list. The core principle is to cover the five most common letters (E, A, R, O, T) in a single non-repeating word, giving you the maximum information from guess one. Vowel-heavy openers like ADIEU are legitimate if you struggle to place vowels, but they sacrifice coverage of high-frequency consonants. For two-guess openers, pairing a vowel-heavy word with a consonant-heavy follow-up (like CRANE then DOILY) can clear most of the alphabet before your third guess.
Wordle Solver: Avoiding Common Mistakes
The single most common mistake experienced players make is continuing to guess words that contain already-eliminated grey letters. On Standard Mode this is not enforced, so it is easy to waste a guess. A second trap is assuming there are no repeated letters โ Wordle answers can and do contain double letters (ABBEY, GORGE, LEVEE), and your colour feedback will show both instances independently. When you see one yellow and one grey for the same letter in a single guess, it means exactly one of that letter is in the answer. Tracking this on paper or in a solver eliminates ambiguity on later guesses.
NYT Games Suite: Connections, Strands, and Spelling Bee
Wordle sits inside the broader NYT Games ecosystem alongside three other daily puzzles worth bookmarking. Connections asks you to sort 16 words into four hidden categories, colour-coded by difficulty from yellow (easiest) to purple (hardest) โ the trap is that many words could plausibly fit more than one group, which is intentional misdirection. Strands gives you a 6x8 letter grid, a daily theme, and tasks you with finding all theme words plus the Spangram, a word or phrase that spans the board touching two opposite sides. Spelling Bee provides seven letters in a honeycomb and asks you to build as many words as possible using the central letter in every word, with a Genius score threshold and a coveted Queen Bee for finding every legal word. All four games reset daily and are free to play on the NYT website and app.
Wordle FAQ
What time does the Wordle reset each day?
Wordle resets at midnight in your local time zone. Everyone in the same time zone gets the same word on the same day, but a player in New York unlocks the next puzzle three hours before someone in Los Angeles.
Does Wordle ever repeat answers?
The New York Times has stated that the curated answer list does not repeat words. Past answers are retired from the pool, so a word that appeared in 2022 will not come back as a future answer.
What is the best first word to use in Wordle?
Data-backed analysis points to CRANE, SLATE, STARE, CRATE, and RAISE as the strongest opening words for average solve rate. They all cover the most statistically common Wordle letters (E, A, R, T, S/N) without repeating any letter, giving you maximum information from a single guess.
Can Wordle answers end in S or be plurals?
Rarely. The NYT answer list was curated to exclude simple plural forms like FOXES or SPOTS. Words ending in S appear as the final answer less than 2% of the time. You can effectively deprioritise S-ending guesses when you have no other information pointing that direction.
Is the Wordle archive free or do you need a subscription?
The daily Wordle puzzle is free to play. Access to the archive of 1,000-plus past puzzles, Wordle Bot feedback, and cross-device stats syncing requires an NYT Games subscription, which costs $6 per month as a standalone plan.
What is Hard Mode in Wordle and should I use it?
Hard Mode requires you to use every hint you have already uncovered in all subsequent guesses โ green letters must stay in position and yellow letters must appear somewhere. It raises the difficulty and occasionally makes it impossible to avoid losing to tricky -IGHT or -OUND families, but many players consider it the more satisfying and honest way to play.
