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.
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 #1647) - 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 #1647) - clue #2 - first letter
What letter does today's Wordle begin with?
• The first letter in today's Wordle answer is C.
C is a very common starting letter in Wordle – in fact, it's the second most common of all, behind only S.
Wordle hints (game #1647) - 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 #1647) - clue #4 - ending letter
What letter does today's Wordle end with?
• The last letter in today's Wordle is H.
H is a regular visitor to the final spot in a Wordle word. It occurs 137 times at the end of a Wordle answer, making it the sixth most common letter there.
Wordle hints (game #1647) - clue #5 - last chance
Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here's an extra one for game #1647.
- Today's Wordle answer is a type of shell.
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 #1647)
- NYT average score: 4.0
- My score: 4
- WordleBot's score: 3
- My skill score: 89
- My luck score: 56
- My start word performance: SANER (51 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: SLATE (315)
- Tomorrow's start word: SANER
Today's Wordle answer (game #1647) is… CONCH.
On the face of it, this was one of those annoying games where I could easily have scored a three if not for picking the wrong one of a 50/50 pairing. In reality, I was very lucky to be in that position in the first place, so a four seems about right.
Indeed, it matches the overall average for the day of 4.0, and never let it be said that I'm not a thoroughly average player.
I'm a little surprised it's not higher than that, actually, because CONCH, with its two Cs to contend with, is on the slightly harder side of things. But then again, the fact that CRANE left only eight possible solutions will have skewed the total down a little.
The 'Bot managed a three despite its opening SLATE leaving 315, which was a pretty good result really, but I couldn't turn my more promising start into a matching score. SANER had left only 51 solutions, and my follow up of CLING had given me a green C at the start.
It had also given me a yellow N in the fourth position – and you might be looking at my board above and wondering why I'd played that when I already had a green N in the middle. The answer is that I thought it might be an --NNY word such as FUNNY, PUNNY, BUNNY, BONNY or TINNY, and wanted to rule that out.
What I'd forgotten was that there were a couple of worse letter traps made possible by that --N-- format – including -UNCH and -INCH.
Fortunately, it wasn't either of those; CLING was very lucky and left only two options, CONDO and CONCH. Obviously I guessed the wrong one first, but I'll happily take a four today, because I don't think I deserved more than that.
Yesterday's Wordle hints (game #1646)
In a different time zone where it's still Sunday? Don't worry – I can give you some clues for Wordle #1646, 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 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 T.
T is a very common letter to end a Wordle answer – in fact only E and Y are more likely in that position.
Still looking for more Wordle hints? Here's an extra one for game #1646.
- Yesterday's Wordle answer is a bed covering.
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1646)
- NYT average score: 4.2
- My score: 5
- WordleBot's score: 4
- My skill score: 99
- My luck score: 35
- My start word performance: SANER (304 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: SLATE (17)
- Tomorrow's start word: SANER
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1646) was… QUILT.
This game brings us back to difficult territory after Saturday's rather easy WHITE, and it also resulted in me scoring a 5/6 for the second time in four days. But unlike with Thursday's RUGBY, I really can't be too upset with myself because WordleBot awarded me 99/99 for skill.
Could I have done anything to have avoided this ignominy? Well, yes – I could have had more luck. But in terms of things I could control, not really.
The 'Bot's round-by-round rankings for me were 95 (for SANER), then 98, 99, 99 and 99 – so I suppose you could argue that my second guess wasn't perfect. As it happens, though, it performed better than the 'Bot's own suggestion, leaving me a mere three possibilities rather than the seven I would have had.
The fact that I still required three further guesses with only three words left points to the main problem with QUILT – namely that it's spelled almost identically to BUILT and GUILT, the two other words I had to choose from and the two that many others went with at some stage; QUILL was also a popular choice.
I guess I could also have used my third guess to narrow down the options by playing BUGGY or something; if the B turned green it would be BUILT, if the first G turned yellow it would be GUILT, if neither then QUILT.
That would have guaranteed me a four, but I fancied my chances of scoring a three, so took the risk – and lost this time round. But I had a recent example where it went the other way – with MISER, where I scored a 2/6 – so these things even out anyway.
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 #1646, Sunday 21 December: QUILT
- Wordle #1645, Saturday 20 December: WHITE
- Wordle #1644, Friday 19 December: MYRRH
- Wordle #1643, Thursday 18 December: RUGBY
- Wordle #1642, Wednesday 17 December: GRASS
- Wordle #1641, Tuesday 16 December: SEGUE
- Wordle #1640, Monday 15 December: DODGY
- Wordle #1639, Sunday 14 December: SWING
- Wordle #1638, Saturday 13 December: MISER
- Wordle #1637, Friday 12 December: TRUCK
- Wordle #1636, Thursday 11 December: GUESS
- Wordle #1635, Wednesday 10 December: ERASE
- Wordle #1634, Tuesday 9 December: SNIDE
- Wordle #1633, Monday 8 December: GRAVY
- Wordle #1632, Sunday 7 December: FLUTE
- Wordle #1631, Saturday 6 December: WAIST
- 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
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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