Today's Wordle Hints & Answer
Gentle, spoiler-friendly hints for today's Wordle puzzle, plus the full answer and a strategy breakdown when you are ready.
How to use today's hints
To avoid spoiling the fun, start with the lightest hint and only move on when you really need more help. Hint 1 gives a gentle nudge about the general idea and category of the word.
If you are still unsure, Hint 2 adds more detail about the meaning and typical usage without revealing any specific letters. Hint 3 is much stronger and should get you very close to the answer.
Finally, open the spoiler section only when you are ready to see the full solution. Using the hints first helps you learn patterns and improve your Wordle skills over time. If you have not played today's puzzle yet, you can try it first on the official New York Times Wordle page.
Hint 1 (light)
Hint 2 (a bit stronger)
Hint 3 (strong)
Today's Wordle answer (spoiler)
Warning: The full answer is shown below. If you would like to keep solving on your own, stop here and go back to the hints above.
Wordle #1629's answer is a 5-letter word. Each tile below represents one letter.
Strategy & learning point
TULIP is a good reminder that common, concrete nounsespecially plants, animals, and everyday objectsshow up often in Wordle, not just abstract concepts or verbs.
If you discover a mix of letters like T, L, P, and at least one vowel such as U or I, it can help to think of real-world categories: garden plants, foods, tools, and so on. Connecting letter patterns to familiar groups of words speeds up your solving.
This puzzle also highlights how two different vowels (U and I) can appear in the same word. When you already know one vowel is present, do not forget to test other vowels in new positions instead of only moving the same one around.
Recommended starter words for today
Here are a few opening guesses that work well toward uncovering TULIP. They help you test common consonants like T, L, and P along with multiple vowels, giving you useful feedback even if you do not hit the answer immediately.
- SLATE a reliable opener that covers S, L, A, T, and E, quickly telling you about some of the consonants and one of the vowels that appear in TULIP.
- PILOT brings together P, L, T, and the vowels I and O. Even if O is ruled out, the pattern can point you toward a word like TULIP.
- TULIP once your grid suggests the letters T, U, L, I, and P in some combination, it is perfectly reasonable to try the exact word as your finishing guess.
Need extra help with today's or future Wordles?
After you have tried using these hints, you can plug your guesses and color feedback into our Wordle Solver Tool for smart, data-driven suggestions. It works for today's puzzle and any future Wordle you want to practice on.
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