Today’s Wordle Hints

Section 01 · Letters

First and Last Letter of Today’s Wordle

The first and last letters are the two Wordle hints players search for most, because they anchor the whole word. Once you know today’s Wordle begins with O and closes on T, the field of possible answers shrinks dramatically — often from thousands of valid words to a few dozen that fit both ends. That is exactly why we lead our daily Wordle hints with these two letters: no other clue narrows the board as fast for as little spoiler risk.

That is usually enough to solve it yourself without ever seeing the answer. Plug the two letters into a guess that also tests fresh vowels, and let the greens and yellows do the rest. If you want to browse every word that fits, our word lists cover words starting with O and words ending in T.

Section 02 · Vowels

How Many Vowels Are in Today’s Wordle?

Vowels are the skeleton of a five-letter word. Knowing how many there are — and which ones — rules out huge swathes of the dictionary in one stroke. Most Wordle answers carry two vowels, so today’s count of 2 is right on the norm.

A reliable tactic: once you know the vowels, spend a guess that places them in their most common positions and fills the gaps with frequent consonants. That single move often turns a hazy board into an obvious answer. For the full method, see our how-to-play guide.

This is why the vowel rung sits near the top of our Wordle hint today ladder rather than the bottom. A first letter tells you where the word begins; the vowels tell you how it is built. Take the two together and you have the most useful Wordle hint today has to offer, with barely any of the answer given away. Players who check just these two clues each morning solve the puzzle unaided far more often than those who reach straight for the full solution.

Section 03 · Difficulty

Today’s Wordle Difficulty

We rate today’s puzzle Easy. This is our own estimate, not an official New York Times rating — the game does not publish one — based on the answer’s shape: its vowel count, whether it repeats a letter, and whether it leans on rarer letters that are hard to reach by elimination.

Today’s answer uses five different letters, so straightforward elimination guesses pay off — you rarely need to worry about a hidden double. It should fall to steady, methodical guessing.

A difficulty read is the one Wordle hint today that gives away nothing about the letters, so it is safe to check even if you want to solve the rest yourself. Knowing whether the day’s puzzle is easy or tricky helps you set your pace: on an easy day, open aggressively and expect to finish in three or four guesses; on a hard day, slow down, spend a guess purely on gathering letters, and keep one turn in reserve. It is the least spoiler-heavy clue on the page and often the most practically useful.

Section 05 · How to use hints

How to Read Wordle Hints Without Spoiling It

A good Wordle hint gives you the smallest nudge that gets you moving again — not the answer. The Wordle hints ladder at the top is built around that idea: each rung reveals a little more, so you can stop the instant something clicks. Used well, today’s Wordle hints make you a better solver rather than a lazier one, which is the whole reason we gate them one at a time instead of dumping every clue on the screen at once.

It helps to decide, before you open anything, how much help you actually want. Some mornings you only need to confirm a vowel; other days you want to walk every rung. Treating Wordle hints as a dial rather than a switch is the difference between a nudge and a spoiler, and it keeps the satisfaction of the solve firmly with you.

• Take the smallest hint first. Start with the first letter. More often than not, one anchored letter plus the clues already on your board is enough.
• Use vowels before consonants. The vowel count narrows the field faster than any single consonant, so reach for that rung before the others.
• Stop as soon as you can guess. The goal is to solve it yourself. If a hint hands you a likely word, close the ladder and go play it.
• Keep the answer as a last resort. Revealing the full word ends the puzzle. Save the answer page for when you have genuinely run out of guesses.

Players who lean on Wordle hints this way tend to need them less over time. Because you are still doing the reasoning — you are just unblocking one variable at a time — your instinct for letter frequency and word shape keeps developing. Contrast that with reading the answer outright, which teaches you nothing for tomorrow. In that sense a spoiler-free page of Wordle hints today is not a crutch but a coach: it keeps you in the puzzle while quietly widening the gap between the days you need help and the days you do not.

Section 06 · Openers

Best Wordle Starting Words

The single biggest lever on your solve rate is your opening guess. We ran every possible opener against all 2,315 answer words and measured how much of the field each one eliminates on average. These are the six strongest:

Source: Infinite Wordle starter-word analysis · 2,315 answers.

What these openers share is common letters in common positions — A, E, and R appear in the top five most-frequent letters, and every word above pairs them without wasting a slot on a rare letter. Leading with a word like RAISE means that by your second guess you have usually cleared most of the board, and the day’s hints above become confirmation rather than a lifeline. See the full data-ranked list on our best Wordle starting words page, or open the Wordle Solver, which ranks the best next guess from whatever clues you already have.

Full ranking, no-repeat picks, and 4/6/7-letter openers → Best Wordle Starting Words

Section 07 · Play

More Word Games to Play

Cracked today’s puzzle with a nudge? Keep the momentum going. Play unlimited boards free, or step up to the multi-board variants when one Wordle is not enough. The more you play, the less you will reach for Wordle hints at all — pattern recognition is a muscle, and every extra board builds it.

If you enjoy the daily ritual of checking a clue or two before you solve, bookmark this page and come back tomorrow — fresh, spoiler-free Wordle hints post here every morning shortly after the puzzle resets. And on the days a nudge is not enough, the answer is always one tap away, never forced on you. That balance — clues on demand, the solution only when you ask — is the whole idea behind keeping the hints and the answer on separate pages.

Section 08 · FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

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