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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.
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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 #1753) - 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 #1753) - clue #2 - first letter
What letter does today's Wordle begin with?
• The first letter in today's Wordle answer is D.
D is the ninth most common starting letter in the game, so maybe slightly less likely than you might expect.
Wordle hints (game #1753) - 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 #1753) - 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 #1753) - clue #5 - last chance
Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here's an extra one for game #1753.
- Today's Wordle answer is solid, compact or crowded.
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 #1753)
- NYT average score: 3.9
- My score: 3
- WordleBot's score: 3
- My skill score: 99
- My luck score: 61
- My start word performance: SANER (2 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: SLATE (33)
- Tomorrow's start word: SANER
Today's Wordle answer (game #1753) is… DENSE.
In many ways this was a very similar game for me to yesterday's; on each occasion the average was 3.9, on each I scored a three, and on each I could possibly have ended up with a two.
The big difference, for me at least, was that whereas yesterday I played it safe, today I didn't even need to do that — because my opening SANER was incredibly lucky, leaving me with only two possible solutions in the form of TENSE and DENSE.
I had a classic 50/50, then, and with a bit of luck would have scored that two. As it was I guessed incorrectly, but I'm happy enough with the result even so.
For everyone else, DENSE might well have proved more difficult than SWORN did yesterday, whatever the average indicates. For starters, it contains a repeated letter. Sure, it's only an E — the most likely letter to be repeated, and one that most people include (in singular form) in their opening guess — but it still makes the job tougher.
It also has an obvious couple of near neighbors in the form of TENSE and SENSE, and those may well have led a few people down blind alleys here. Looking at WordleBot's analysis, about 7% played one of those on guess #3, and around 10% did on guess #4.
Those minor complications aside it was another relatively straightforward Wordle. Only one of the past six games could truly be described as difficult (Sunday's ENVOY), so expect a proper toughie in the next day or two…
Yesterday's Wordle hints (game #1752)
In a different time zone where it's still Monday? Don't worry — I can give you some clues for Wordle #1752, 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 S.
S is the most common starting letter in the game, featuring in 365 of Wordle's 2,309 answers. In fact, it's almost twice as likely to begin an answer as the next most common starting letter, 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 N.
N is a pretty common ending letter in Wordle: it's the seventh most likely in that position and features in 130 solutions.
Still looking for more Wordle hints? Here's an extra one for game #1752.
- Yesterday's Wordle answer is to have taken an oath.
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1752)
- NYT average score: 3.9
- My score: 3
- WordleBot's score: 4
- My skill score: 99
- My luck score: 72
- My start word performance: SANER (5 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: SLATE (70)
- Tomorrow's start word: SANER
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1752) was… SWORN.
SWORN is not a terribly hard Wordle, as its average score of 3.9 confirms, but your chances of a good result may well have depended on your start word.
Actually, that's not entirely true, because your chance of a good result will also have depended on your mindset. Are you one of those annoyingly perky glass-half-full people? Then maybe you'd consider a four or even a five to be a win. Or maybe — and this is stretching credulity, surely? — anything other than a loss is a victory. Or maybe you're just such a happy person that you don't care what your score is, because the sun is shining and lambs are playing happily in the fields nearby and it's only a game anyway.
I am not one of those people. No, I am a petty, insecure person who needs to win. And winning, for me, means beating the average. Beating the 'Bot is also good. And I did both of those things today, so all is well in my world. Well, for now at least.
That mindset definitely affected how I played (as it often does), because I eschewed the chance of a two in favor of a guaranteed three.
A similar decision may well have faced those of you who began with STARE — which on most days is about 4% of all Wordlers — because you will have had only 11 words to pick from; CRANE was not too far behind it at 18. However, SLATE (70) was nowhere near as fortunate, which probably explains the 'Bot's travails.
My opener, SANER, was luckier than any of those words — because it contains three of the letters from SWORN, rather than two or only one. That in turn led to my shortlist having a mere five words to pick from: SNORT, SCORN, SHORN, SWORN, SPURN.
I found them all, but then faced that choice: did I gamble on a two, by playing one of those five words — but with the knowledge that I might end up with a four if I was wrong? Or did I play a safe narrowing-down word that would guarantee myself a three, but with no chance of a two?
If I hadn't scored a five on Sunday maybe I'd have taken the risk — but as it was, I was intent on grasping that three with both hands and not letting go… Did you really expect me to do anything different?
WORTH was the word I chose to do the narrowing down, because if the W turned yellow it would be SWORN, if the H it would be SHORN, the T would be SNORT, the O not turning yellow would indicate SPURN and if none of those things happened it would be SCORN.
As it was the W turned yellow, so I was able to play SWORN for my three — and to start the day with a skip in my step.
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 #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
- Wordle #1712, Wednesday 25 February: SHRED
- Wordle #1711, Tuesday 24 February: BUYER
- Wordle #1710, Monday 23 February: ATTIC
- Wordle #1709, Sunday 22 February: GUAVA
- Wordle #1708, Saturday 21 February: AWAKE
- Wordle #1707, Friday 20 February: STANK
- Wordle #1706, Thursday 19 February: HOIST
- Wordle #1705, Wednesday 18 February: MOGUL
- Wordle #1704, Tuesday 17 February: SQUAD
- Wordle #1703, Monday 16 February: ROOST
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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