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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.
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 #1631) - 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 #1631) - clue #2 - first letter
What letter does today's Wordle begin with?
• The first letter in today's Wordle answer is W.
W is a fairly average letter when it comes to starting an answer. There are 82 solutions that begin with a W, with means that it ranks 13th – so right in the middle of the alphabet.
Wordle hints (game #1631) - 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 #1631) - clue #4 - ending letter
What letter does today's Wordle end with?
• The last letter in today's Wordle is T.
T is a very common letter to end a Wordle answer – in fact only E and Y are more likely in that position.
Wordle hints (game #1631) - clue #5 - last chance
Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here's an extra one for game #1631.
- Today's Wordle answer is a part of the body.
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 #1631)
- NYT average score: 3.3
- My score: 3
- WordleBot's score: 3
- My skill score: 89
- My luck score: 67
- My start word performance: SANER (17 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: SLATE (7)
- Tomorrow's start word: SANER
Today's Wordle answer (game #1631) is… WAIST.
We're seemingly on easy street with today's Wordle, which has an average of only 3.3 at the time of writing. If that doesn't go up over the course of the day, it would make WAIST the equal easiest solution (along with PLEAD) for almost a month, since ARISE came in at 3.1.
Given that ARISE is a very common start word and therefore gave lots of people a hole in one, you could argue that WAIST is easier overall – because nobody starts with this. But that said, start words will still be a big factor here, because while W is not a common letter, the other four are.
Indeed, those of you who began with SLATE today had only seven options remaining after that first guess, while STARE left 12. However, the real stars were ARISE once again – for those who are still playing it – and RAISE, which left only two apiece.
Start word was a factor in my three, too, because SANER gave me a yellow S and green A, and cut my shortlist to 17.
I figured that the S would be most likely to go in the fourth slot, ahead of either T or H, but couldn't come up with many words that fit that pattern. In fact, the only one I had was WAIST itself. More common were STY words – PASTY and HASTY – or S-in-the-middle words such as BASIC, BASIL, BASAL and BASIS.
I didn't find all 17 – not even close – but decided to play BOILS next because it would do a nice job with the words I had come up with, and got lucky: the I turned green in the middle, but the S stayed yellow.
This effectively meant I now had three letters in the format -AIS-, which meant the answer had to be WAIST or DAISY (another word which I'd found on the previous turn).
I had an inkling that DAISY had been a past Wordle answer, so although I wasn't by any means certain I went with WAIST and guessed correctly. As it happened, DAISY had appeared before – it was the answer to game #921, back in December 2023. That so long ago that I hadn't really remembered it, obviously. But no matter, I got it right anyway.
Yesterday's Wordle hints (game #1630)
In a different time zone where it's still Friday? Don't worry – I can give you some clues for Wordle #1630, 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 A.
A is a reasonably common starting letter in Wordle: 140 games begin with this letter. It ranks 6th among starting letters, behind S, C, B, T and P.
- 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 G.
G is not a common letter to end a Wordle answer – in fact only 41 of Wordle's 2,309 games finish with one.
Still looking for more Wordle hints? Here's an extra one for game #1630.
- Yesterday's Wordle answer is in the midst of.
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1630)
- NYT average score: 3.8
- My score: 4
- WordleBot's score: 3
- My skill score: 95
- My luck score: 48
- My start word performance: SANER (48 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: SLATE (202)
- Tomorrow's start word: SANER
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1630) is… AMONG.
I always forget how common A is as a starting letter – it ranks 6th, behind only S, C, B, T and P, and ahead of some options that you might think would appear there more often, such as L, D and R.
There are in fact 140 Wordle words that start with an A, so it really shouldn't surprise me to see it there, but I never usually think to go for it until late on.
Rank | Letter | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
1 | S | 365 |
2 | C | 198 |
3 | B | 173 |
4 | T | 149 |
5 | P | 141 |
6 | A | 140 |
7 | F | 135 |
8 | G | 115 |
9 | D | 111 |
10 | M | 107 |
11 | R | 105 |
12 | L | 87 |
13 | W | 82 |
14 | E | 72 |
15 | H | 69 |
16 | V | 43 |
17 | O | 41 |
18 | N | 37 |
19 | I | 34 |
20 | U | 33 |
21 | Q | 23 |
22 | K | 20 |
23 | J | 20 |
24 | Y | 6 |
25 | Z | 3 |
26 | X | 0 |
Here, the game pushed me towards playing it on the third guess. SANER had given me yellow A and N, and left a mere 48 options, and PLAIN supposedly reduced that to six. But I say 'supposedly' with reason, because three of the 'Bot's possible answers were UNTAG, UNJAM and ANCHO, and I don't think any of those are likely solutions in reality.
NOMAD was, sure, but I didn't think of that or those other three, The only two I did come up with were AGONY and AMONG, so for once I decided that A had to be at the beginning, and played AGONY next.
This was wrong, but it gave me the win for a four on the next guess.
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 #1630, Friday 5 December: WAIST
- Wordle #1629, Thursday 4 December: TULIP
- Wordle #1628, Wednesday 3 December: HASTE
- Wordle #1627, Tuesday 2 December: CACTI
- Wordle #1626, Monday 1 December: LEACH
- Wordle #1625, Sunday 30 November: MUGGY
- Wordle #1624, Saturday 29 November: GRUFF
- Wordle #1623, Friday 28 November: COLIC
- Wordle #1622, Thursday 27 November: REMIT
- Wordle #1621, Wednesday 26 November: HOVEL
- Wordle #1620, Tuesday 25 November: PLEAD
- Wordle #1619, Monday 24 November: DOUGH
- Wordle #1618, Sunday 23 November: BUNNY
- Wordle #1617, Saturday 22 November: THICK
- Wordle #1616, Friday 21 November: VOWEL
- Wordle #1615, Thursday 20 November: GRAVE
- Wordle #1614, Wednesday 19 November: MAKER
- Wordle #1613, Tuesday 18 November: OPINE
- Wordle #1612, Monday 17 November: CLAMP
- Wordle #1611, Sunday 16 November: WIELD
- Wordle #1610, Saturday 15 November: CLUNG
- Wordle #1609, Friday 14 November: LURID
- Wordle #1608, Thursday 13 November: TINGE
- Wordle #1607, Wednesday 12 November: DEUCE
- Wordle #1606, Tuesday 11 November: GIZMO
- Wordle #1605, Monday 10 November: TABBY
- Wordle #1604, Sunday 9 November: FUGUE
- Wordle #1603, Saturday 8 November: ARISE
- Wordle #1602, Friday 7 November: PERIL
- Wordle #1601, Thursday 6 November: GUISE
- Wordle #1600, Wednesday 5 November: SHORT
- Wordle #1599, Tuesday 4 November: VENUE
- Wordle #1598, Monday 3 November: AWOKE
- Wordle #1597, Sunday 2 November: RABID
- Wordle #1596, Saturday 1 November: MOTEL
- Wordle #1595, Friday 31 October: ABHOR
- Wordle #1594, Thursday 30 October: LATHE
- Wordle #1593, Wednesday 29 October: GLARE
- Wordle #1592, Tuesday 28 October: HOLLY
- Wordle #1591, Monday 27 October: FETID
- Wordle #1590, Sunday 26 October: PLUMP
- Wordle #1589, Saturday 25 October: GAUGE
- Wordle #1588, Friday 24 October: TUBER
- Wordle #1587, Thursday 23 October: DRILL
- Wordle #1586, Wednesday 22 October: STUNT
- Wordle #1585, Tuesday 21 October: DETOX
- Wordle #1584, Monday 20 October: LIMBO
- Wordle #1583, Sunday 19 October: IDEAL
- Wordle #1582, Saturday 18 October: HAVEN
- Wordle #1581, Friday 17 October: GROSS
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 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.
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.
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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