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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.
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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 #1768) - 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 #1768) - 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 #1768) - 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 #1768) - clue #4 - ending letter
What letter does today's Wordle end with?
• The last letter in today's Wordle is E.
E is the most common letter to end a Wordle answer by far. That's one of the reasons why many of the best start words, including SLATE, CRANE, CRATE and STARE, all end with one.
Wordle hints (game #1768) - clue #5 - last chance
Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here's an extra one for game #1768.
- Today's Wordle answer is a noise made while sleeping.
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 #1768)
- NYT average score: 3.7
- My score: 3
- WordleBot's score: 3
- My skill score: 99
- My luck score: 61
- My start word performance: SANER (2 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: SLATE (36)
- Tomorrow's start word: SANER
Today's Wordle answer (game #1768) is… SNORE.
And so the Wordle roulette continues. If you were lucky today you may well have faced an incredibly easy task with a three or even two as your reward. If not, you may have had to navigate a tricky narrowing-down ordeal with a four or five at the end of it.
That's true of many Wordles, of course, but it's more apparent with SNORE than for most. For the unlucky souls among you, the challenge will have been to whittle down a slew of very similarly spelled words. SCORE, SPORE, STORE, SHORE and SWORE were chief among them, with the likes of CHORE, SNORT and STONE as potential red herrings too.
For the fortunate ones — primarily those whose opening word is CRANE or STARE — it will have been a much simpler task, because they left only six and seven answers respectively.
I was luckier still, because my opening guess of SANER reduced the options to a pair: SNORE or STERN. I'm a little miffed that yet again I made the wrong choice on a 50/50 (I think that's three in a row that have gone that way now), but I still scored my three with a minimum of fuss.
Yesterday's Wordle hints (game #1767)
In a different time zone where it's still Tuesday? Don't worry — I can give you some clues for Wordle #1767, too.
- Wordle yesterday had 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).
- The first letter in yesterday's Wordle answer was C.
C is a very common starting letter in Wordle – in fact, it's the second most common of all, behind only S.
- 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 P.
P is a middling end letter in Wordle. It features in 56 answers, which places it 12th in the alphabet. Don't expect it to happen that often compared to the likes of E, Y and T.
Still looking for more Wordle hints? Here's an extra one for game #1767.
- Yesterday's Wordle answer is a group of things clustered together.
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1767)
- NYT average score: 3.7
- My score: 4
- WordleBot's score: 3
- My skill score: 98
- My luck score: 40
- My start word performance: SANER (304 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: SLATE (50)
- Tomorrow's start word: SANER
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1767) was… CLUMP.
Normalcy was restored to my Wordle play after successive fives; CLUMP was a straightforward game for me that gave me a straightforward four. That said, it was below the average of 3.7, so I'm not exactly jumping for joy at the result.
The biggest challenge with CLUMP is arguably the only challenge with it: separating it out from the similarly spelled CLAMP, CLOMP, CHUMP, CRUMP, FLUMP, PLUMP and SLUMP.
Those of you with a better memory than me might well have recalled a few of those as past Wordle answers: CHUMP was the answer to game #1744 in March, CLAMP was #1612 in November, PLUMP #1590 in October. But even if you did rule out those (and the older SLUMP, which was game #202) you may instead have been drawn towards one of the slightly less obvious alternatives which differed by two rather than one letter; plenty of people played the likes of CLUCK, PLUMB and CLUNG.
It was CLUCK that did for me, actually, with my second guess (CLOUT) having cut my shortlist down to a duo of that and the eventual answer. I've not enjoyed a lot of luck lately and that trend continued here, because I picked the wrong one of the two and had to settle for that four.
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 #1767, Tuesday 21 April: CLUMP
- Wordle #1766, Monday 20 April: WEAVE
- Wordle #1765, Sunday 19 April: STAND
- Wordle #1764, Saturday 18 April: TOADY
- Wordle #1763, Friday 17 April: BELLE
- Wordle #1762, Thursday 16 April: CUBIT
- Wordle #1761, Wednesday 15 April: BEGUN
- Wordle #1760, Tuesday 14 April: CYCLE
- Wordle #1759, Monday 13 April: ELFIN
- Wordle #1758, Sunday 12 April: ALLEY
- Wordle #1757, Saturday 11 April: PRUDE
- Wordle #1756, Friday 10 April: CAROM
- Wordle #1755, Thursday 9 April: LADEN
- Wordle #1754, Wednesday 8 April: INLET
- Wordle #1753, Tuesday 7 April: DENSE
- Wordle #1752, Monday 6 April: SWORN
- Wordle #1751, Sunday 5 April: ENVOY
- Wordle #1750, Saturday 4 April: SANDY
- Wordle #1749, Friday 3 April: SINGE
- Wordle #1748, Thursday 2 April: SOBER
- Wordle #1747, Wednesday 1 April: FIZZY
- Wordle #1746, Tuesday 31 March: SWAMP
- Wordle #1745, Monday 30 March: COMET
- Wordle #1744, Sunday 29 March: CHUMP
- Wordle #1743, Saturday 28 March: AFOOT
- Wordle #1742, Friday 27 March: IVORY
- Wordle #1741, Thursday 26 March: BEFIT
- Wordle #1740, Wednesday 25 March: WISER
- Wordle #1739, Tuesday 24 March: BROOD
- Wordle #1738, Monday 23 March: SERIF
- Wordle #1737, Sunday 22 March: BASIL
- Wordle #1736, Saturday 21 March: SLICK
- Wordle #1735, Friday 20 March: OASIS
- Wordle #1734, Thursday 19 March: REHAB
- Wordle #1733, Wednesday 18 March: AMPLY
- Wordle #1732, Tuesday 17 March: CLASP
- Wordle #1731, Monday 16 March: DRAMA
- Wordle #1730, Sunday 15 March: GRADE
- Wordle #1729, Saturday 14 March: ANKLE
- Wordle #1728, Friday 13 March: EATEN
- Wordle #1727, Thursday 12 March: SMELL
- Wordle #1726, Wednesday 11 March: TEDDY
- Wordle #1725, Tuesday 10 March: SHOAL
- Wordle #1724, Monday 9 March: HASTY
- Wordle #1723, Sunday 8 March: LOBBY
- Wordle #1722, Saturday 7 March: VOGUE
- Wordle #1721, Friday 6 March: GUNKY
- Wordle #1720, Thursday 5 March: SHEEP
- Wordle #1719, Wednesday 4 March: THEFT
- Wordle #1718, Tuesday 3 March: LINEN
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.
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