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.
Don’t think you need any clues for Wordle today? No problem, just skip to my daily column. But remember: failure in this game is only ever six guesses away.
Want more word-based fun? My Quordle today page contains hints and answers for that game, which remains the best of all the main Wordle alternatives.
SPOILER WARNING: Today’s Wordle answer and hints are below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to see them.
Wordle hints (game #934) – 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 #934) – clue #2 – first letter
What letter does today’s Wordle begin with?
• The first letter in today’s Wordle answer is L.
L is a surprisingly uncommon starting letter in Wordle. Despite being the sixth most common letter overall, it’s only ranked 12th at the beginning of a word.
Wordle hints (game #934) – 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 #934) – clue #4 – ending letter
What letter does today’s Wordle end with?
• The last letter in today’s Wordle is R.
R is a very common letter to end a Wordle answer – it’s actually the 4th most common there, behind E, Y and T.
Wordle hints (game #934) – clue #5 – last chance
Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here’s an extra one for game #934.
- Today’s Wordle answer is a boat.
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 #934)
Today’s Wordle answer (game #934) is… LINER.
This is the hardest game we’ve had in a week, with WordleBot reporting that it has an average score of 4.0.
Like many of the most difficult Wordles, it’s an ER game. And like most ER games, it’s therefore hard to narrow down the options, because there are so many that have the format consonant-vowel-consonant-E-R.
The good news here is that the ‘extra’ letters are all very common. Compare LINER to the likes of LOVER (4.3), COWER (5.0) and JOKER (5.4) and you’ll see the difference right away. And the impact of those letters being included are evident in the results for the best Wordle starting words. All five of LINER’s letters are commonly included in the most popular openers, and that meant that many people had tens of words to sift through on their second guess, rather than hundreds. Examples: CRANE left 34, SLANT 28, LEAST 24 and LANCE just four.
My start word today was SPINE, which was “a strong opening guess” and also “a lucky one”, according to WordleBot. The fact that I could only score a 5/6 from here was entirely due to poor play on my part.
My scores have veered all over the place since I changed from having a set start word (STARE) to using a different random one each day. Before, I scored a 3/6 on about 75% of my games, with a few 4s and the occasional 2 or 5. Since changing, I’ve gone 3, 5, 3, 5, 3, 6, 3, 2, 5 – three 5s and a 6 in nine games is not good.
Some of this is luck, of course, but more of it (particularly today) is a lack of thought on my part. Essentially, I’ve forgotten how to play Wordle without having a set start word. My habits and processes were so ingrained after some 700+ games using STARE that I’m all at see now. And that leaves me making really poor choices like my second and third ones here.
SPINE, my opener, gave me three yellow letters and reduced my answer pool to 32, which is a pretty good result on a day like today. I should have spotted that an ER word was a possibility, but I’m so used to a yellow E without a yellow R meaning ‘it’s not an ER word’ that I overlooked that possibility on my second guess. Instead, I went with GIVEN – which, aside from not including an R, has a G and a V, neither of which are common letters. WordleBot suggested LINER, DINER, IDLER, FINER, LINED and lots more as better guesses. Any of those would have left only 1-3 answers.
GIVEN, in contrast, left 11. I did think to add the R next time round, but CROWD was again not as good as it could have been – the W was almost certain not to be included, so why was I playing it?
Anyway, that finally cut the options down substantially, leaving me only three to pick from: LINER, FINER and MINER. I decided to settle for a 5/6 rather than risk a 6/6 and played FLUMP, which gave me the info I needed to confirm LINER as the answer. Must. Do. Better.
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Yesterday’s Wordle hints (game #933)
In a different time zone where it’s still Monday? Don’t worry – I can give you some clues for Wordle #933, too.
- Wordle yesterday had 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).
- The first letter in yesterday’s Wordle answer was F.
F is a very common starting letter in Wordle. It ranks seventh behind only S, C, B, T, P and A and overall there are 135 solutions that begin with this letter.
- 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 L.
L is a really common letter to find at the end of a Wordle. There are 155 games that finish with an L, and it ranks as the fifth most likely letter there.
Still looking for more Wordle hints? Here’s an extra one for game #933.
- Yesterday’s Wordle answer is that which is last.
Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #933)
Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #933) was… FINAL.
It always surprises me that F is the seventh most common start letter in Wordle, because it’s not all that common in the game overall (19th). But seventh it is: only S, C, B, P, T and A are more likely to appear at the start.
In fact, 135 of Wordle’s original 2,309 answers begin with an F, meaning you’d expect one every 17 games. We were a tiny bit overdue, because the previous example was 22 Wordles ago in the form of FUNNY (game #912), but that’s still roughly in keeping with probabilities.
The F at the start is probably the most notable thing about this answer, which is otherwise fairly humdrum. It has very common letters in every place, plus that classic consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel-consonant format. WordleBot says people are solving it in 3.7 guesses on average, which backs up the feeling that it’s unremarkable as Wordle words go.
It certainly isn’t one of those solutions where the best Wordle starting words were very helpful; SLATE left 73 answers, CRANE left 63 and STARE left 185, for instance. But as a very common word using common letters, lots of people will have guessed it relatively early on anyway. In fact, WordleBot said the most common second guesses were FINAL itself, plus PLAIN, CHAIN and PAINT – all of which have that A, I and N sequence, while the first of those also has the L. If you played any of those on your second guess you’ll have had a fairly straightforward solve on the third.
My own game was more straightforward still – though that was almost entirely down to luck. My randomly chosen start word was AFOUL – a word that WordleBot again described as “distinctive”. It’s not one I would ever have chosen myself, but the three vowels and the L are all helpful in many games, so it’s by no means a bad choice.
Today, it was a lot better than that, giving me yellow A, yellow F and green L, and leaving me with only seven remaining answers. Better still, I only needed one of them. I did come up with a shortlist – FETAL, FATAL and FERAL were all on it – but as soon as I spotted FINAL I knew that I’d play it. My intention was solely to narrow it down further, by adding a couple more common letters (I and N) into the mix and seeking to confirm the F and A in position, but fortune smiled on me and I scored my first 2/6 since changing my start word from STARE. And as a bonus, WordleBot could only manage a 4/6.
Wordle answers: The past 50
I’ve been playing Wordle every day for more than a year 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 #933, Monday 8 January: FINAL
- Wordle #932, Sunday 7 January: STONY
- Wordle #931, Saturday 6 January: CABLE
- Wordle #930, Friday 5 January: LUNGE
- Wordle #929, Thursday 4 January: SCANT
- Wordle #928, Wednesday 3 January: TWIRL
- Wordle #927, Tuesday 2 January: AGING
- Wordle #926, Monday 1 January: MURAL
- Wordle #925, Sunday 31 December: SALTY
- Wordle #924, Saturday 30 December: THREE
- Wordle #923, Friday 29 December: CHILD
- Wordle #922, Thursday 28 December: LEARN
- Wordle #921, Wednesday 27 December: DAISY
- Wordle #920, Tuesday 26 December: PHONE
- Wordle #919, Monday 25 December: EVOKE
- Wordle #918, Sunday 24 December: GRACE
- Wordle #917, Saturday 23 December: SLOPE
- Wordle #916, Friday 22 December: TOUCH
- Wordle #915, Thursday 21 December: BUILT
- Wordle #914, Wednesday 20 December: SMALL
- Wordle #913, Tuesday 19 December: TABLE
- Wordle #912, Monday 18 December: FUNNY
- Wordle #911, Sunday 17 December: BACON
- Wordle #910, Saturday 16 December: GLOBE
- Wordle #909, Friday 15 December: TOPIC
- Wordle #908, Thursday 14 December: WOULD
- Wordle #907, Wednesday 13 December: SPENT
- Wordle #906, Tuesday 12 December: THESE
- Wordle #905, Monday 11 December: HOUSE
- Wordle #904, Sunday 10 December: CHAIN
- Wordle #903, Saturday 9 December: SHIFT
- Wordle #902, Friday 8 December: SHARP
- Wordle #901, Thursday 7 December: SLEEP
- Wordle #900, Wednesday 6 December: WOMAN
- Wordle #899, Tuesday 5 December: YOUNG
- Wordle #898, Monday 4 December: WORST
- Wordle #897, Sunday 3 December: ADAPT
- Wordle #896, Saturday 2 December: GENRE
- Wordle #895, Friday 1 December: TAKEN
- Wordle #894, Thursday 30 November: RESIN
- Wordle #893, Wednesday 29 November: SUSHI
- Wordle #892, Tuesday 28 November: SCOPE
- Wordle #891, Monday 27 November: TAWNY
- Wordle #890, Sunday 26 November: SOLID
- Wordle #889, Saturday 25 November: GUIDE
- Wordle #888, Friday 24 November: THROW
- Wordle #887, Thursday 23 November: QUEEN
- Wordle #886, Wednesday 22 November: PIXEL
- Wordle #885, Tuesday 21 November: PIANO
- Wordle #884, Monday 20 November: CANDY
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 last year and is still going strong in 2024.
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’ Crossword 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.
4. Answers are never plural.
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.
10. All answers are drawn from Wordle’s list of 2,309 solutions. However…
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 4 above), but Wordle will accept it as a guess.
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