What you are trying to do
Guess the secret five-letter word in six valid English guesses. The official NYT Wordle puzzle is the same for players on a given local calendar day. This site is an independent helper — not the game itself — and we never invent today's answer.
If you already know the rules and just want a nudge, go straight to today's Wordle hint page. Spoiler-safe clues sit behind reveals so you can stop before the solution.
How a turn works
Type a real five-letter word the game accepts, then submit. Every letter tile flips to one of three colors:
- Green — that letter is correct and already in the right spot. Leave it there on later guesses (hard mode requires this).
- Yellow — the letter belongs in the word, but not in that position. Move it.
- Gray — that letter is not in the answer, or you have already accounted for every copy of it. See duplicate letters before you over-eliminate.
Those three colors are the entire language of the puzzle. Everything else — openers, probes, endgame shortlists — is just reading them carefully.
Guessing rules that trip beginners
Every guess must be a valid word in the game's dictionary. That includes some plurals and past-tense forms you might not expect as answers. Invalid strings simply will not submit.
You always have six tries total. There is no timer inside a single puzzle, but a new official puzzle unlocks at midnight in your local timezone on the NYT Wordle site. Our homepage uses a configured publishing timezone so “today” stays consistent for readers — details on methodology.
Repeated letters
Answers can include a double letter (think patterns like a repeated consonant). Color feedback tracks how many copies remain. A gray tile for a letter you already saw as green or yellow often means “no more copies,” not “this letter never appears.” Misreading that is one of the fastest ways to lose a streak.
Hard mode in one sentence
Hard mode forces every later guess to reuse all revealed greens and yellows. It removes free “probe” words. Full walkthrough: Wordle hard mode.
A simple first-session plan
- Start with a balanced opener that mixes common vowels and consonants — see best Wordle starting words.
- On guess two, chase new high-value letters if the board is cold, or lock in what greens and yellows already told you.
- By guess four, stop fishing for random letters. Build candidate words that fit every tile.
- If you stall, use progressive clues on Wordle Hints Today, or narrow options with the Wordle solver and word finder.
Where to go next
Learn the formal checklist on Wordle rules, build habits with Wordle strategy, or skim quick tips and tricks. For prior solutions, use past Wordle answers.