A new NYT Wordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Sunday's puzzle instead then click here.
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 three 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 #1458) - clue #1 - Vowels
How many vowels does today's Wordle have?
• Wordle today has a vowel in one place*.
* 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 #1458) - clue #2 - first letter
What letter does today's Wordle begin with?
• The first letter in today's Wordle answer is 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.
Wordle hints (game #1458) - clue #3 - repeated letters
Does today's Wordle have any repeated letters?
• There are 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 #1458) - clue #4 - ending letter
What letter does today's Wordle end with?
• The last letter in today's Wordle is Y.
Y is the second most common ending letter in the game, behind only E. In total, 364 Wordle answers end with a Y.
Wordle hints (game #1458) - clue #5 - last chance
Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here's an extra one for game #1458.
- Today's Wordle answer is small minded.
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 #1458)
- NYT average score: 3.8
- My score: 4
- WordleBot's score: 4
- My skill score: 90
- My luck score: 52
- My start word performance: SCENE (477 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: CRANE (273)
- Tomorrow's start word: FORUM
Today's Wordle answer (game #1458) is… PETTY.
I'm sorry to say that I am a PETTY person, but generally only when it comes to language.
For instance, I feel the need to correct people when they say "less" but mean "fewer", or if they misuse "literally". And I'm not talking about in my job, where these kind of things matter (to an extent), but rather in day-to-day life, where they don't.
Still, there are worse things to be petty about. Right? Right? Please reassure me.
You don't need to reassure me about my Wordle performance today, at least, because I'm content with my four. Sure, it was higher than today's average of 3.8, but I had a terrible start. Plus, WordleBot ended up with a four too, despite a better first guess, so I can't have done too much wrong.
I'm a little surprised PETTY has an average of below four, because it contains a repeated T and also has a similarly spelled alternative in the form of JETTY. Maybe the score will go up as the day goes on.
I had high hopes for SCENE as an opening word, despite the repeated E. That's because S, C and N are all ultra-common letters and good ones to rule in/out early on, while E is the most likely letter to appear twice, so it wouldn't hurt to confirm that it was or wasn't repeated right at the start.
Indeed, that's what happened; the first E turned yellow but the second went gray. This immediately narrowed down the places where the E could go next, too; I was looking at E----, -E---- or ---E-.
The latter seemed most likely, because that's where it usually appears if not at the end. Plus, I hadn't yet played R, so an ER word was a possibility. I went with LATER and it worked brilliantly, giving me a green T in the middle and cutting the options to just six.
I found four, as it happened: FETID, DETOX, PETTY and JETTY, missing PETIT and GETUP. Both of those words seem very unlikely to be answers, whatever the 'Bot says, so I'm not beating myself up about it.
DEPTH was guaranteed to give me the answer among the four I'd found, so I played it next and it duly came up trumps by turning the E green and bringing a P into proceedings. PETTY was the only word that still fit, so I was able to score my four.
How did you do today? Send me an email or let me know in the comments.
Yesterday's Wordle hints (game #1457)
In a different time zone where it's still Sunday? Don't worry – I can give you some clues for Wordle #1457, too.
- Wordle yesterday had vowels in three 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 Q.
Q is one of the least likely letters to start a Wordle answer – but then again, it's also one of the least common letters in the game anywhere!
- There were no 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 L.
L is a really common letter to find at the end of a Wordle. There are 155 games that finish with an L, and it ranks as the fifth most likely letter there.
Still looking for more Wordle hints? Here's an extra one for game #1457.
- Yesterday's Wordle answer is a bird or to recoil.
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1457)
- NYT average score: 3.8
- My score: 5
- WordleBot's score: 4
- My skill score: 98
- My luck score: 36
- My start word performance: CAGEY (262 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: CRANE (59)
- Tomorrow's start word: SCENE
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1457) was… QUAIL.
There are only 29 words among the 2,309 original solutions that include a Q, so today's appearance is way ahead of schedule given that we had another one only just over two weeks ago.
Then again, probability doesn't work predictably. Sure, over the course of many weeks and months these things will almost certainly even out, but it's also entirely possible that we'll have another Q word tomorrow.
I'll definitely be hoping that isn't the case, because this game was not very kind to me. Proof of that comes from the fact that I scored a five despite a skill score of 98/99, and against an average of 3.8.
Could I have done anything different? Well, I could have had a bit more luck of course, but that aside not a lot. My opening CAGEY left 262 words, but TRAIN was a great second guess and gave me the AI bit in the middle that I was hoping for.
That left only four answers: AVAIL, QUAIL, PLAID and FLAIL and I suppose what I could have done next was to play a narrowing-down word and guarantee a four.
But then again I knew the answer would not be PLAID – because that was the solution only a few days ago, so really I had a three-way choice here. Throwing away the chance of a three for a definite four was a slight gamble, but there was a very good chance I'd end up with a four anyway. Surely I'd have to be unlucky to guess incorrectly twice?
But, of course, that's exactly what happened. Typical.
Wordle answers: The past 50
I've been playing Wordle every day for more than three 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 #1457, Sunday 15 June: QUAIL
- Wordle #1456, Saturday 14 June: GHOST
- Wordle #1455, Friday 13 June: BILGE
- Wordle #1454, Thursday 12 June: VIXEN
- Wordle #1453, Wednesday 11 June: PLAID
- Wordle #1452, Tuesday 10 June: TAFFY
- Wordle #1451, Monday 9 June: BOARD
- Wordle #1450, Sunday 8 June: LEASE
- Wordle #1449, Saturday 7 June: REUSE
- Wordle #1448, Friday 6 June: EDIFY
- Wordle #1447, Thursday 5 June: DATUM
- Wordle #1446, Wednesday 4 June: CEASE
- Wordle #1445, Tuesday 3 June: ADMIN
- Wordle #1444, Monday 2 June: PREEN
- Wordle #1443, Sunday 1 June: ROUGH
- Wordle #1442, Saturday 31 May: HABIT
- Wordle #1441, Friday 30 May: IDIOM
- Wordle #1440, Thursday 29 May: QUASH
- Wordle #1439, Wednesday 28 May: POLAR
- Wordle #1438, Tuesday 27 May: SPORT
- Wordle #1437, Monday 26 May: DRONE
- Wordle #1436, Sunday 25 May: GRIFT
- Wordle #1435, Saturday 24 May: SUEDE
- Wordle #1434, Friday 23 May: SHUCK
- Wordle #1433, Thursday 22 May: FOLIO
- Wordle #1432, Wednesday 21 May: ALARM
- Wordle #1431, Tuesday 20 May: BORNE
- Wordle #1430, Monday 19 May: PITCH
- Wordle #1429, Sunday 18 May: LIVID
- Wordle #1428, Saturday 17 May: GROWN
- Wordle #1427, Friday 16 May: FIFTH
- Wordle #1426, Thursday 15 May: EAGER
- Wordle #1425, Wednesday 14 May: BONGO
- Wordle #1424, Tuesday 13 May: AWARE
- Wordle #1423, Monday 12 May: BICEP
- Wordle #1422, Sunday 11 May: DOWEL
- Wordle #1421, Saturday 10 May: YEAST
- Wordle #1420, Friday 9 May: TRIPE
- Wordle #1419, Thursday 8 May: BALMY
- Wordle #1418, Wednesday 7 May: MACHO
- Wordle #1417, Tuesday 6 May: SUITE
- Wordle #1416, Monday 5 May: SHUSH
- Wordle #1415, Sunday 4 May: TROUT
- Wordle #1414, Saturday 3 May: PATSY
- Wordle #1413, Friday 2 May: WHOSE
- Wordle #1412, Thursday 1 May: ADEPT
- Wordle #1411, Wednesday 30 April: IDLER
- Wordle #1410, Tuesday 29 April: BLISS
- Wordle #1409, Monday 28 April: DUMMY
- Wordle #1408, Sunday 27 April: WEEDY
- Wordle #1407, Saturday 26 April: CLASH
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 last year and is still going strong in 2025.
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.
4. Answers are never plural.
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.
10. All answers are drawn from Wordle's list of 2,309 solutions. However…
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 4 above), but Wordle will accept it as a guess.
12. The NYT has added in some of its own words, that weren't in that list of 2,309 solutions. More will undoubtedly come over the next few years.
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