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 #1631's answer is a 5-letter word. Each tile below represents one letter.
Strategy & learning point
WAIST is a nice example of how body part words can show up in Wordle, and how they can be confused with similar-looking words like WASTE.
When your grid suggests a pattern like _AIST or WAIS_, try to list out all the realistic options you know (such as WAIST, WASTE, and so on) and compare them carefully against the feedback instead of guessing randomly.
This puzzle is also a reminder to pay attention to vowel placement. The AI pair appears in many English words, so testing different spots for that vowel combination can quickly narrow down the solution.
Recommended starter words for today
Here are a few opening guesses that work well toward uncovering WAIST. They help you test important consonants like W, S, and T along with the vowel pair AI, which appears in many common English words.
- SLATE a reliable opener that covers S, L, A, T, and E, quickly telling you about several key consonants and the vowel A.
- WAIST once your grid points toward the pattern W_A_ST or you have confirmed several of the letters W, A, I, S, and T, this is the natural finishing guess.
- WASTE a near-twin of WAIST that uses many of the same letters. Trying both, guided by your feedback, is a sensible way to resolve the final ambiguity.
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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