Wordle Hint Today

Wordle Hint Guide: What Is Wordle and How Do Hints Help?

Wordle is a free daily word puzzle owned by The New York Times. Every player in the world gets the same secret five-letter word and six guesses to find it. After each guess, the tiles change color: green means the letter is correct and in the right spot, yellow means the letter is in the word but in the wrong spot, and gray means the letter is not in the word at all.

Software engineer Josh Wardle built Wordle in 2021 as a small gift for his partner. It spread by word of mouth within months, and the New York Times bought it in early 2022. Part of what keeps people coming back is the format itself: one puzzle a day, shared with millions of other players, with a results grid that’s easy to post without spoiling the word.

This page exists for the moment you get stuck. Instead of jumping straight to the answer, work through the hints in order — each one narrows the word down a little further while leaving something for you to figure out.

How to use the hints without spoiling the puzzle

• Hint 1 (starting letter): Tells you the first letter of the word. Use it to steer your next guess rather than guessing blind.
• Hint 2 (vowels and structure): Tells you how many vowels and consonants are in the word, and whether any letter repeats. This alone rules out a large share of possible words.
• Hint 3 (meaning clue): A plain-language description of what the word means. This is usually enough to land on the answer if you already have a few letters placed.
• The answer: Revealed letter by letter so you can stop as soon as you recognize the word, instead of having the whole thing dropped on you at once.

Using hints isn’t cheating — it’s a way to keep a long daily streak alive on the days a word genuinely stumps you, without losing the fun of solving it yourself.

Best Starting Words for Wordle Hint Success

Your opening guess in Wordle should do one job: test as many common letters as possible so your second guess is based on real information, not a guess. Words built from frequently used vowels and consonants consistently outperform random five-letter words.

• CRANE — combines three high-frequency consonants (C, R, N) with a vowel that appears in a large share of English words.
• SLATE — S, L, A, T, E are among the most common letters in five-letter English words, making this a reliable, balanced opener.
• ADIEU — tests four vowels in one guess, which is especially useful for narrowing down vowel-heavy words early.
• RAISE — a favorite among competitive players because R, A, I, S, and E appear across an unusually wide range of possible answers.
• STARE and AUDIO — both strong alternatives if your first guess has already ruled out letters from the words above.

Letter frequency in five-letter words

This table shows roughly how often each letter appears in common five-letter English words, which is why the words above lean on the letters they do.

A simple two-guess strategy

Open with a vowel-heavy word like CRANE or SLATE. Once you see which letters are green, yellow, or gray, pick a second word that keeps the letters you know are correct, moves the yellow letters to new positions, and avoids every gray letter completely. By your third guess you’ll usually be choosing between two or three real candidates instead of guessing from scratch.

What Is the Wordle Hint Tool?

The Wordle Hint tool provides daily clues that help you solve today’s puzzle without immediately revealing the answer.

How Our Wordle Hint Works

Reveal the starting letter, letter pattern, meaning clue, and answer only when you’re ready.

Why Trust Our Wordle Hint?

Our Wordle Hint is updated daily and designed to help players preserve their solving experience while getting reliable clues.

Past Wordle answers

Checking old answers is a good way to spot patterns and avoid guessing a word that’s already been used recently. Here are the last 20 days.

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