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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 #1763) - 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 #1763) - clue #2 - first letter
What letter does today's Wordle begin with?
• The first letter in today's Wordle answer is B.
B is a very, very common starting letter in Wordle. In fact, it's the third most common overall, behind only S and C.
Wordle hints (game #1763) - 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 #1763) - 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 #1763) - clue #5 - last chance
Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here's an extra one for game #1763.
- Today's Wordle answer is a beautiful girl or woman.
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 #1763)
- NYT average score: 4.4
- My score: 4
- WordleBot's score: 3
- My skill score: 93
- My luck score: 40
- My start word performance: SANER (182 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: SLATE (29)
- Tomorrow's start word: SANER
Today's Wordle answer (game #1763) is… BELLE.
What do SALSA, COCOA, ONION and TEETH all have in common? They're all examples of one of Wordle's least likely formats, the double-repeated-letter game.
There are only 38 of these among the 2,309 original answers, making them less common even than 'words containing a Z' — of which there are 40.
As you'd expect, they're also usually very difficult to solve. We've had 26 before today, with BELLE being number 27, and the average for those games (or at least the 22 I have a score for) is a mighty 4.33.
Given that the overall average for the game is 3.96, they really ramp up the toughness level, and as if to prove my point today's game has an average of 4.4.
Game | Answer | Date | My score | Average score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
48 | MIMIC | Friday, 6 August 2021 | 5 | N/A |
54 | BOOBY | Thursday, 12 August 2021 | 6 | N/A |
93 | GAMMA | Monday, 20 September 2021 | 4 | N/A |
96 | CIVIC | Thursday, 23 September 2021 | 4 | N/A |
251 | VIVID | Friday, 25 February 2022 | 4 | N/A |
364 | CACAO | Saturday, 18 June 2022 | 5 | 4.5 |
387 | MADAM | Monday, 11 July 2022 | 4 | 4.3 |
403 | MOTTO | Wednesday, 27 July 2022 | 5 | 4.3 |
606 | SALSA | Wednesday, 15 February 2023 | 4 | 4.2 |
671 | KAYAK | Friday, 21 April 2023 | 3 | 4.4 |
689 | COCOA | Tuesday, 9 May 2023 | 3 | 4.5 |
791 | MAGMA | Saturday, 19 August 2023 | 5 | 4.9 |
795 | VERVE | Wednesday, 23 August 2023 | 5 | 5.1 |
805 | ONION | Saturday, 2 September 2023 | 5 | 3.9 |
883 | QUEUE | Sunday, 19 November 2023 | 4 | 4.1 |
983 | SENSE | Tuesday, 27 February 2024 | 4 | 4.1 |
1060 | AMASS | Tuesday, 14 May 2024 | 4 | 4.2 |
1075 | PAPAL | Wednesday, 29 May 2024 | 5 | 4.7 |
1126 | REFER | Friday, 19 July 2024 | 5 | 4.7 |
1138 | PENNE | Wednesday, 31 July 2024 | 5 | 4.2 |
1326 | TOOTH | Tuesday, 4 February 2025 | 4 | 4 |
1416 | SHUSH | Monday, 5 May 2025 | 3 | 4.2 |
1502 | ASSAY | Wednesday, 30 July 2025 | 4 | 4.1 |
1518 | LEVEL | Friday, 15 August 2025 | 3 | 4.3 |
1523 | LLAMA | Wednesday, 20 August 2025 | 3 | 4.5 |
1551 | TEETH | Wednesday, 17 September 2025 | 4 | 3.7 |
1763 | BELLE | Friday, 17 April 2026 | 4 | 4.4 |
Historically, I've fared slightly better against these words than the wider world has, with my own average being 4.22. But then again, my overall average is 3.69 — so the gap between a standard game and one of these is bigger for me than for everyone else. I should probably have just not brought up this subject…
Anyway, I'm happy enough with a four here, even if it does bring to an end my enjoyable run of four threes in a row.
I went for a slightly unconventional second guess, in the form of TULIP, but though the 'Bot liked it well enough, it wasn't that lucky and only reduced my shortlist from 182 to eight. My third attempt, BELLY, righted that wrong, cutting those eight words to only one, the double-repeated BELLE.
Yesterday's Wordle hints (game #1762)
In a different time zone where it's still Thursday? Don't worry — I can give you some clues for Wordle #1762, 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 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 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 #1762.
- Yesterday's Wordle answer is a measurement of length.
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1762)
- NYT average score: 3.8
- My score: 3
- WordleBot's score: 3
- My skill score: 99
- My luck score: 50
- My start word performance: SANER (304 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: SLATE (102)
- Tomorrow's start word: SANER
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1762) was… CUBIT.
When was the last time you used the word CUBIT? It's an ancient measurement of the length of the forearm from elbow to the tip of the middle finger, and it's not something that you see very often. "Excuse me — how far is it to the nearest bus station?" "Oh, it's about 50 cubits that way." No, I don't think so.
Google doesn't include it in its conversion tool – you can do meters to feet and yards and miles and even nanometers and nautical miles, but CUBIT is not in that list. Wikipedia tells me it is still used in 'hedgelaying', apparently — so that'll be a significant potion of the Wordle readership catered for, obviously.
That said, it is a word that many people will know, even if they don't use it, in large part due to how common it is in ancient texts. Its average score of 3.8 certainly doesn't imply that it's too tough, although another factor there could be that C, I and T in particular are very common letters.
I scored another three, my fourth in a row and my best such sequence since November. However, I had a fair bit of luck again. WordleBot didn't really agree — it only gave me 50/99 for luck against 99/99 for skill — but given that my second guess, CLOUT, cut my options from 304 to one, I think it's only fair that I didn't try to claim all of the credit…
Not that I'm complaining of course; I had plenty of bad luck earlier in the month, so I'll gladly accept my good fortune for now, not least because it almost certainly won't last.
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 #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
- Wordle #1717, Monday 2 March: SLIME
- Wordle #1716, Sunday 1 March: FLUKE
- Wordle #1715, Saturday 28 February: HYDRA
- Wordle #1714, Friday 27 February: DIZZY
- Wordle #1713, Thursday 26 February: LANCE
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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