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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 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 #1665) - 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 #1665) - clue #2 - first letter
What letter does today's Wordle begin with?
• The first letter in today's Wordle answer is E.
We don't get many Wordle answers that start with an E – though it's the most common letter in the game, it's only the 14th most likely to begin a solution.
Wordle hints (game #1665) - 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 #1665) - 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 #1665) - clue #5 - last chance
Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here's an extra one for game #1665.
- Today's Wordle answer is a number.
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 #1665)
- NYT average score: 3.9
- My score: 3
- WordleBot's score: 3
- My skill score: 97
- My luck score: 55
- My start word performance: SANER (182 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: SLATE (119)
- Tomorrow's start word: SANER
Today's Wordle answer (game #1665) is… EIGHT.
Going with a hunch is a perfectly valid way to play Wordle sometimes, particularly if you've been playing the game for a long time. After all, there is a science behind intuition, based on experience and unconscious information processing and other interesting things.
Today, for instance, I faced a 50/50 on my third guess, between PIETY and EIGHT. Both were equally valid solutions and I couldn't recall either having appeared before – or indeed not having appeared before.
I could have gone with either, but I had a hunch and went with EIGHT – and got it right. Now, this could just be luck, but my hunch was justified by the fact that I knew numbers were very common in Wordle and so played accordingly.
As it happens, we've now had all but one of the possible number-based solutions, as far as I know. Of the integers, we've had THREE (#924), SEVEN (#1190), FORTY (#986) and FIFTY (#616) before, which I think leaves only SIXTY.
And then of the fractions, we've had FIRST (#56), THIRD (#549), FIFTH (#1427), SIXTH (#1231), NINTH (597) and TENTH (#773), so that's all of them because the others – SECOND, FOURTH etc – are too long.
The upshot of all this is that I scored another three, which was a good result against an average of 3.9. I'm not surprised that it's playing considerably harder than yesterday's BLAST, because neither G or H are particularly common letters, or at least not in the positions they occupy within EIGHT. Two vowels at the start followed by three consonants is also uncommon – although admittedly that format was seen only a couple of days ago for OOMPH, too.
I had 182 options left after my initial SANER, but my second guess, TILDE, did most of the hard work – it was very lucky and cut those down to two. It was at that point that I listened to my gut, and I'm very glad I did so.
Yesterday's Wordle hints (game #1664)
In a different time zone where it's still Thursday? Don't worry – I can give you some clues for Wordle #1664, 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 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.
- 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 #1664.
- Yesterday's Wordle answer is a sudden movement of air or release of sound etc.
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1664)
- NYT average score: 3.0
- My score: 3
- WordleBot's score: 2
- My skill score: 98
- My luck score: 76
- My start word performance: SANER (30 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: SLATE (1)
- Tomorrow's start word: SANER
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1664) was… BLAST.
Woah, now this really is an easy one. You thought PECAN was simple? It's got nothing on BLAST, a game which currently has an average score of 3.0. If that holds, it will be the easiest game since CHASE, game #1,363, in March 2025.
Of course there's a little more to it than that, because how 'easy' a game is will differ from person to person, largely depending on which start word is used. SLATE, for instance, left only one answer today and therefore a guaranteed two. STARE left five.
However, if you began with CRANE, say, you'll have had 59 words remaining and might have struggled a little more to solve it. Only a little more, though – because there are no real complications here.
My start word, SANER, fell between SLATE and CRANE for success-rate, leaving 30 options. With yellow A and S, I knew that an --AS- format was very likely, so needed to cover off the T or H that might follow the S, and the L that might well precede the A.
CLOTH was my word of choice, and it gave me a green L and yellow T. That left BLAST as the only possible solution, meaning I was finally able to score a three after a run of four frustrating games.
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 #1664, Thursday 8 January: BLAST
- Wordle #1663, Wednesday 7 January: PECAN
- Wordle #1662, Tuesday 6 January: OOMPH
- Wordle #1661, Monday 5 January: FILLY
- Wordle #1660, Sunday 4 January: POSSE
- Wordle #1659, Saturday 3 January: SITAR
- Wordle #1658, Friday 2 January: PROOF
- Wordle #1657, Thursday 1 January: FABLE
- Wordle #1656, Wednesday 31 December: SIREN
- Wordle #1655, Tuesday 30 December: DECOR
- Wordle #1654, Monday 29 December: FRUIT
- Wordle #1653, Sunday 28 December: ABBOT
- Wordle #1652, Saturday 27 December: BATCH
- Wordle #1651, Friday 26 December: SPEED
- Wordle #1650, Thursday 25 December: PRISM
- Wordle #1649, Wednesday 24 December: SPOOL
- Wordle #1648, Tuesday 23 December: GLINT
- Wordle #1647, Monday 22 December: CONCH
- 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
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.
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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