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It's time for your guide to today's Wordle answer, featuring my commentary on the latest puzzle, plus a selection of hints designed to help you keep your streak going.
Don't think you need any clues for Wordle today? No problem, just skip to my daily column. But remember: failure in this game is only ever six guesses away.
Want more word-based fun? TechRadar's Quordle today page contains hints and answers for that game, and you can also take a look at our NYT Strands today and NYT Connections today pages for our verdict on two of the New York Times' other brainteasers.
SPOILER WARNING: Today's Wordle answer and hints are below, so don't read on if you don't want to see them.
Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief and has been obsessed with Wordle for more than four years. He's authored dozens of articles on the game for TechRadar and its sister site Tom's Guide, including a detailed analysis of the most common letters in Wordle in every position and a guide to the best Wordle start words. He's also played every Wordle ever and only lost once and yes, he takes it all too seriously.
Wordle hints (game #1842) - clue #1 - Vowels
How many vowels does today's Wordle have?
• Wordle today has vowels in two places*.
* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).
Wordle hints (game #1842) - clue #2 - first letter
What letter does today's Wordle begin with?
• The first letter in today's Wordle answer is S.
S is the most common starting letter in the game, featuring in 365 of Wordle's 2,309 answers. In fact, it's almost twice as likely to begin an answer as the next most common starting letter, C.
Wordle hints (game #1842) - clue #3 - repeated letters
Does today's Wordle have any repeated letters?
• There are no repeated letters in today's Wordle.
Repeated letters are quite common in the game, with 748 of the 2,309 Wordle answers containing one. However, it's still more likely that a Wordle doesn't have one.
Wordle hints (game #1842) - clue #4 - ending letter
What letter does today's Wordle end with?
• The last letter in today's Wordle is I.
I is a really unlikely letter to end a Wordle answer. Only 11 of the game's 2,309 original solutions finish with one, making it just the 19th most common in this position.
Wordle hints (game #1842) - clue #5 - last chance
Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here's an extra one for game #1842.
- Today's Wordle answer is a religious teacher.
If you just want to know today's Wordle answer now, simply scroll down – but I'd always recommend trying to solve it on your own first. We've got lots of Wordle tips and tricks to help you, including a guide to the best Wordle start words.
If you don't want to know today's answer then DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER BECAUSE IT IS PRINTED BELOW. So don't say you weren't warned!
Today's Wordle answer (game #1842)
- NYT average score: 4.2
- My score: 3
- WordleBot's score: 4
- My skill score: 90
- My luck score: 73
- My start word performance: SANER (42 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: SLATE (31)
- Tomorrow's start word: SANER
Today's Wordle answer (game #1842) is… SWAMI.
I must have used up all of my bad luck in June and saved the good luck for July, because I'm having a very fortunate time of it lately. Today's three is my fourth in the first five days of the month, making this my best run since early May — and it's not like the words have been easy either.
SWAMI certainly isn't, as its average score of 4.2 attests. There are no repeated letters here as in yesterday's PIZZA, but the SW combo at the start is not particularly likely and the 'I' at the end is distinctly unlikely: this is one of only 11 such solutions to feature that letter in that position.
Interestingly enough, we've now had four in just over a month, having previously only had five in 1,800 games!
Game | Answer |
|---|---|
421 | KHAKI |
439 | FUNGI |
716 | ENNUI |
893 | SUSHI |
1627 | CACTI |
1808 | CHILI |
1826 | EMOJI |
1828 | ALIBI |
1842 | SWAMI |
Still, while the final letter is uncommon in that position, the S at the start is anything but, and the inclusion of another very common letter in A will have also made the task slightly easier. It's a tricky puzzle, sure, but not necessarily one of the streak-ending variety.
I had good luck the whole way through. SANER gave me the green S and yellow A, and THICK — which I chose in order to narrow down the letters that might go after the S — added a yellow 'I'. There were now only two possible answers, of which SWAMI was one. The other was SIGMA — and I completely missed it.
If I had thought of it, I'd probably have gone with it over SWAMI, so it was fortunate that I didn't. I doubt this run of good luck will last, but I'll take it while it does.
Yesterday's Wordle hints (game #1841)
In a different time zone where it's still Saturday? Don't worry — I can give you some clues for Wordle #1841, too.
- Wordle yesterday had vowels in two places*
* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).
- The first letter in yesterday's Wordle answer was P.
P is a very common first letter among Wordle answers. It's the fifth most common in the alphabet and begins 141 solutions in total.
- There were repeated letters in yesterday's Wordle.
Repeated letters are quite common in the game, with 748 of the 2,309 Wordle answers containing one. However, it's still more likely that a Wordle doesn't have one.
- The last letter in yesterday's Wordle was A.
A is a relatively common ending letter. It ranks 10th in this regard and today's game is one of 63 in which you'll find an A there.
Still looking for more Wordle hints? Here's an extra one for game #1841.
- Yesterday's Wordle answer is an Italian food.
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1841)
- NYT average score: 4.2
- My score: 3
- WordleBot's score: 4
- My skill score: 98
- My luck score: 57
- My start word performance: SANER (127 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: SLATE (202)
- Tomorrow's start word: SANER
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1841) was… PIZZA.
I spent a fair portion of Friday's column writing about a food that wasn't the answer — bacon — but I am far more justified in holding forth on another of my favorite dishes this time round.
The dish in question is PIZZA, of course, one of Italy's many culinary gifts to the world — albeit one that existed in similar forms in many other parts of the world prior to its first recorded mention in 997AD (it says in Wikipedia).
This isn't a column about PIZZA, much as I would like it to be, so I will say only three more things about it. One: the best pizza topping is four cheese (of which one needs to be blue). Two: pineapple on a pizza is great (because pineapple on anything is great). And three: it makes for a tricky Wordle answer.
To linger on the third of those for a little while, there's obviously a repeated letter in PIZZA. But it's worth noting that Z is relatively likely to appear twice if it appears once.
What do I mean? Well, there are a total of 40 Zs among the 2,309 original Wordle solutions, but 10 of those appear as one half of a pair, meaning that 25% of all Zs are in a repeat; only E, at 27%, is above that.
Then again, it's still a rare letter, so you could be forgiven for not playing it until later on. Many people didn't, by the look of it, because the average here is a relatively high 4.2.
I scored a three, continuing my excellent start to July. The hard work was all done by my second guess, PLAIT, which reduced my opening 127 options to just one, by virtue of giving me a green P and yellow 'I', in addition to my still-yellow A.
There was indeed only one way to rearrange those letters now, and that was the tastiest way of all, as PIZZA. Yum!
Wordle answers: The past 50
I've been playing Wordle every day for more than four years now and have tracked all of the previous answers so I can help you improve your game. Here are the last 50 solutions starting with yesterday's answer, or check out my past Wordle answers page for the full list.
- Wordle #1841, Saturday 4 July: PIZZA
- Wordle #1840, Friday 3 July: BATON
- Wordle #1839, Thursday 2 July: MAVEN
- Wordle #1838, Wednesday 1 July: DEMUR
- Wordle #1837, Tuesday 30 June: PUPPY
- Wordle #1836, Monday 29 June: CRUDE
- Wordle #1835, Sunday 28 June: EMCEE
- Wordle #1834, Saturday 27 June: SCOOP
- Wordle #1833, Friday 26 June: ACUTE
- Wordle #1832, Thursday 25 June: UNITY
- Wordle #1831, Wednesday 24 June: QUEER
- Wordle #1830, Tuesday 23 June: CURRY
- Wordle #1829, Monday 22 June: OVATE
- Wordle #1828, Sunday 21 June: ALIBI
- Wordle #1827, Saturday 20 June: DRAKE
- Wordle #1826, Friday 19 June: EMOJI
- Wordle #1825, Thursday 18 June: ENTRY
- Wordle #1824, Wednesday 17 June: TOKEN
- Wordle #1823, Tuesday 16 June: AMAZE
- Wordle #1822, Monday 15 June: BROIL
- Wordle #1821, Sunday 14 June: SEPIA
- Wordle #1820, Saturday 13 June: QUELL
- Wordle #1819, Friday 12 June: BREAK
- Wordle #1818, Thursday 11 June: TESTY
- Wordle #1817, Wednesday 10 June: ALIGN
- Wordle #1816, Tuesday 9 June: WHARF
- Wordle #1815, Monday 8 June: MAFIA
- Wordle #1814, Sunday 7 June: THUMB
- Wordle #1813, Saturday 6 June: MORPH
- Wordle #1812, Friday 5 June: NOBLY
- Wordle #1811, Thursday 4 June: ALLOY
- Wordle #1810, Wednesday 3 June: NOTCH
- Wordle #1809, Tuesday 2 June: BASIS
- Wordle #1808, Monday 1 June: CHILI
- Wordle #1807, Sunday 31 May: ETUDE
- Wordle #1806, Saturday 30 May: SMILE
- Wordle #1805, Friday 29 May: CLANG
- Wordle #1804, Thursday 28 May: DIVOT
- Wordle #1803, Wednesday 27 May: STUFF
- Wordle #1802, Tuesday 26 May: COUCH
- Wordle #1801, Monday 25 May: VISIT
- Wordle #1800, Sunday 24 May: NIECE
- Wordle #1799, Saturday 23 May: CHUCK
- Wordle #1798, Friday 22 May: VOCAL
- Wordle #1797, Thursday 21 May: AGREE
- Wordle #1796, Wednesday 20 May: WRECK
- Wordle #1795, Tuesday 19 May: DUSTY
- Wordle #1794, Monday 18 May: LOATH
- Wordle #1793, Sunday 17 May: BYLAW
- Wordle #1792, Saturday 16 May: MOVER
What is Wordle?
If you're on this page then you almost certainly know what Wordle is already, and indeed have probably been playing it for a while. And even if you've not been playing it, you must surely have heard of it by now, because it's the viral word game phenomenon that took the world by storm in 2022 and is still going strong in 2026.
We've got a full guide to the game in our What is Wordle page, but if you just want a refresher then here are the basics.
What is Wordle?
Wordle challenges you to guess a new five-letter word each day. You get six guesses, with each one revealing a little more information. If one of the letters in your guess is in the answer and in the right place, it turns green. If it's in the answer but in the wrong place, it turns yellow. And if it's not in the answer at all it turns gray. Simple, eh?
It's played online via the Wordle website or the New York Times' Games app (iOS / Android), and is entirely free.
Crucially, the answer is the same for everyone each day, meaning that you're competing against the rest of the world, rather than just against yourself or the game. The puzzle then resets each day at midnight in your local time, giving you a new challenge, and the chance to extend your streak.
What are the Wordle rules?
The rules of Wordle are pretty straightforward, but with a couple of curveballs thrown in for good measure.
1. Letters that are in the answer and in the right place turn green.
2. Letters that are in the answer but in the wrong place turn yellow.
3. Letters that are not in the answer turn gray.
4a. Answers are never plural.
4b. …unless they are. There have been a couple of plural words that don't end in an S or ES, including FUNGI (game #439), ATRIA (#1478) and TEETH (#1551). But S and ES plurals are definitely outlawed.
5. Letters can appear more than once. So if your guess includes two of one letter, they may both turn yellow, both turn green, or one could be yellow and the other green.
6. Each guess must be a valid word in Wordle's dictionary. You can't guess ABCDE, for instance.
7. You do not have to include correct letters in subsequent guesses unless you play on Hard mode.
8. You have six guesses to solve the Wordle.
9. You must complete the daily Wordle before midnight in your timezone.
10a. All answers are drawn from Wordle's list of 2,309 solutions…
10b. …unless they are not. That's because the NYT has added in some of its own words which weren't in that list of 2,309 solutions. More will undoubtedly come over the next few years.
10c. Plus, the NYT has now started repeating answers that have already appeared in Wordle. We have no idea how often it will do this, so you'll need to be on your guard.
11. Wordle will accept a wider pool of words as guesses – some 10,000 of them. For instance, you can guess a plural such as WORDS. It definitely won't be right (see point 4a above), but Wordle will accept it as a guess.
