It’s time for your daily round of Wordle hints, expertly crafted to help you keep your streak going even on the toughest of days.
You might think that you don’t need any clues for Wordle today, but remember: failure in this game is only ever six guesses away.
Below, you’ll find a selection of Wordle hints to guide you in the right direction. You don’t have to use them all, but there are five in total should you need them, covering vowels, starting letter, ending letter and more. And if you don’t have time to play at all, you can see the answer, too.
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: Wordle hints and today’s answer are below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to see them.
Wordle hints (game #809) – clue #1 – Vowels
How many vowels does today’s Wordle have?
• Wordle today has 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).
Wordle hints (game #809) – clue #2 – first letter
What letter does today’s Wordle begin with?
• The first letter in today’s Wordle answer is G.
G is the eighth most common starting letter, featuring in 115 Wordle answers. It’s often paired with an L to make GL— – but I’m not revealing whether that’s the case today.
Wordle hints (game #809) – 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 #809) – clue #4 – ending letter
What letter does today’s Wordle end with?
• The last letter in today’s Wordle is H.
H is a regular visitor to the final spot in a Wordle word. It occurs 137 times at the end of a Wordle answer, making it the sixth most common letter there.
Wordle hints (game #809) – clue #5 – last chance
Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here’s an extra one for game #809.
- Today’s Wordle answer is a toothy action.
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 #809)
Today’s Wordle answer (game #809) is… GNASH.
Well, that was frustrating! I could have solved today’s puzzle in 2/6, probably should have got it in 3/6 and definitely should have done in 4/6. But instead, I had to settle for a 5/6. Annoying.
I can’t blame anyone but myself, though, because I did what I never normally do and guessed repeatedly in a rather haphazard way, rather than approaching it all logically.
My own failings aside, this is a potentially tricky Wordle to solve. WordleBot says it has an average score of 4.3, and there’s an obvious reason for that high figure. Namely: GN at the start.
Today’s Wordle is one of only two that begins with GN (bonus point if you can guess the other) and to my brain at least, it was not an obvious combination to look for. But I’m getting ahead of myself.
First, let’s talk about how the best Wordle starting words performed today. In short: very well. In fact, one of the top choices, SLANT, left just one possible solution and a guaranteed 2/6. SLATE (15) and CRANE (12) were both pretty good, too, while my STARE narrowed down the options to 17.
I didn’t have all 17 listed, but I had about half of them: CLASP, CLASH, FLASH, CLASS, GLASS, FLASK, CHAOS and CHASM. That selection was enough to convince me to go with CLASH as my second guess, which isn’t an approach that I’d usually take, but which seemed reasonable today.
CLASH worked very well, giving me a green H and S to add to the already green A for –ASH. However, with the C and L turning gray, it also ruled out all of my other options. So, I looked for some more – and here’s where the trouble started.
Initially, I came up with three: AWASH and QUASH. So, I figured I’d guess QUASH and if it was wrong, go for AWASH next and score a 4/6 at worst. Unfortunately, I’d missed ABASH and GNASH, obviously.
I played QUASH and when that was wrong, tried AWASH. But – shock horror – it wasn’t that either. Cue panic.
After a long, long look, that involved me trying every conceivable combination, I finally realized that there was an option that didn’t include another vowel – namely GNASH. I was certain that this was now the answer and played it next for a 5/6. But really, I should have looked harder earlier on. Lesson learned.
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Yesterday’s Wordle hints (game #808)
In a different time zone where it’s still Tuesday? Don’t worry – I can give you some clues for Wordle #808, too.
- Wordle yesterday had a vowel in one place.
- The first letter in yesterday’s Wordle answer was B.
- There were no repeated letters in yesterday’s Wordle.
- The last letter in yesterday’s Wordle was H.
- Yesterday’s Wordle answer is a type of tree.
Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #808)
Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #808) was… BIRCH.
Wordle can be a surprisingly simple game with a bit of luck and the right approach. Today’s game was a great example of that for me – a 3/6 in super-fast time on a not-too-difficult day with an average score of 3.7.
Step one: pick one of the best Wordle starting words: CRANE left just 13 possible answers today, while TRACE was at three and TRICE at two. My pick, STARE, still left 123 – but over time, a good starter word will work more often than not.
Step two: really think about that second guess. This might sound obvious, but in my experience a lot of people will start shooting for the answer on guess two, when (unless you got really lucky with your first word) you have no real chance of solving it. Instead, better to identify the kind of patterns and letters that might fit the answer, then play a word designed to further narrow things down.
That’s what I did today with CRONY, which is always my go-to second guess when I get a single yellow R. Why? Well, let’s start with the beginning of the word. My first guess had already ruled out the most common starting letter, so it makes sense to go with the second most common, C, next. Plus, R is most common in position #2, so putting that next is also sensible. Oh, and CR is a common opening combo in general.
Next, the ending. With E ruled out, Y is the most likely ending letter. And lots of the words it could still have been – for instance RUDDY or GIRLY or ROWDY or DRYLY – end with a Y. N is also a common ending letter, so I put that in too, added the next most common consonant and you have CRONY.
This worked wonderfully today, giving me a yellow C to go with the still-yellow R, but more importantly cutting down my options to just two words. Yes, I went from 123 to two in one guess.
Step three: get lucky. I can’t help here, I’m afraid, but luck always plays a part in Wordle, so cross your fingers and hope for the best. In my case, I had a 50/50 chance between BIRCH and LURCH. Either was equally likely, and today fortune smiled on me when I played BIRCH and scored that 3/6.
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 #808, Tuesday 5 September: BIRCH
- Wordle #807, Monday 4 September: GIDDY
- Wordle #806, Sunday 3 September: AWAIT
- Wordle #805, Saturday 2 September: ONION
- Wordle #804, Friday 1 September: SPACE
- Wordle #803, Thursday 31 August: BRIDE
- Wordle #802, Wednesday 30 August: AUDIO
- Wordle #801, Tuesday 29 August: CAPER
- Wordle #800, Monday 28 August: WRITE
- Wordle #799, Sunday 27 August: PEACE
- Wordle #798, Saturday 26 August: CHOIR
- Wordle #797, Friday 25 August: OCEAN
- Wordle #796, Thursday 24 August: WORDY
- Wordle #795, Wednesday 23 August: VERVE
- Wordle #794, Tuesday 22 August: SPICE
- Wordle #793, Monday 21 August: BEACH
- Wordle #792, Sunday 20 August: QUEST
- Wordle #791, Saturday 19 August: MAGMA
- Wordle #790, Friday 18 August: EXACT
- Wordle #789, Thursday 17 August: AMISS
- Wordle #788, Wednesday 16 August: SCRUB
- Wordle #787, Tuesday 15 August: INDEX
- Wordle #786, Monday 14 August: SNAKY
- Wordle #785, Sunday 13 August: WRATH
- Wordle #784, Saturday 12 August: QUICK
- Wordle #783, Friday 11 August: HELLO
- Wordle #782, Thursday 10 August: EMPTY
- Wordle #781, Wednesday 9 August: LOVER
- Wordle #780, Tuesday 8 August: BULLY
- Wordle #779, Monday 7 August: BROOK
- Wordle #778, Sunday 6 August: POLYP
- Wordle #777, Saturday 5 August: ANODE
- Wordle #776, Friday 4 August: CHART
- Wordle #775, Thursday 3 August: PARTY
- Wordle #774, Wednesday 2 August: BEGET
- Wordle #773, Tuesday 1 August: TENTH
- Wordle #772, Monday 31 July: STYLE
- Wordle #771, Sunday 30 July: BATHE
- Wordle #770, Saturday 29 July: CURLY
- Wordle #769, Friday 28 July: ETHOS
- Wordle #768, Thursday 27 July: DISCO
- Wordle #767, Wednesday 26 July: HEART
- Wordle #766, Tuesday 25 July: WHEEL
- Wordle #765, Monday 24 July: HOBBY
- Wordle #764, Sunday 23 July: WHALE
- Wordle #763, Saturday 22 July: FROZE
- Wordle #762, Friday 21 July: BURLY
- Wordle #761, Thursday 20 July: FLANK
- Wordle #760, Wednesday 19 July: TONIC
- Wordle #759, Tuesday 18 July: FLYER
- Wordle #758, Monday 17 July: DROOP
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 2023.
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.