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? TechRadar’s Quordle today page contains hints and answers for that game, and you can also take a look at our NYT Strands today and NYT Connections today pages for our verdict on two of the New York Times’ other brainteasers.
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 #1324) – 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 #1324) – clue #2 – first letter
What letter does today’s Wordle begin with?
• The first letter in today’s Wordle answer is C.
C is a very common starting letter in Wordle – in fact, it’s the second most common of all, behind only S.
Wordle hints (game #1324) – 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 #1324) – clue #4 – ending letter
What letter does today’s Wordle end with?
• The last letter in today’s Wordle is E.
E is the most common letter to end a Wordle answer by far. That’s one of the reasons why many of the best start words, including SLATE, CRANE, CRATE and STARE, all end with one.
Wordle hints (game #1324) – clue #5 – last chance
Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here’s an extra one for game #1324.
- Today’s Wordle answer is an unwanted task.
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 #1324)
- NYT average score: 3.1
- My score: 4
- WordleBot’s score: 3
- Best start word performance*: CRANE, CRATE (3 remaining answers)
- My start word performance: BYLAW (936)
* From WordleBot’s Top 20 start words
Today’s Wordle answer (game #1324) is… CHORE.
CHORE is notable for one reason only: it’s easy. Really, really easy.
Or at least it is if your start word was CRANE, WordleBot’s top pick of the best Wordle start words overall; today, it left only three possible answers, as did CRATE. With STARE also faring incredibly well (just seven words remaining there), it has an incredibly low average score of 3.1.
This makes it the equal eighth easiest ever, level with PLANT, ATONE, CLOSE, TRADE, SALTY and TEACH and behind only TRAIN, STALE, RAISE, STARE and REACH (all 3.0), PLATE (2.9) and SLATE (1.5 – which still seems bizarre).
You may have noticed a theme with those words, in that most have the same format of common consonant followed by an L, R or T, then an O or A in the middle, then another common consonant, then an E. CLOSE, TRADE, STALE, STARE, PLATE and SLATE all have that pattern, and so does CHORE.
Well, to an extent – the second letter is the slightly less common H, obviously. But when paired with C at the beginning of an answer, it’s incredibly common: fifth behind ST, SH, CR and SP, as outlined in my analysis of every Wordle answer.
It’s unlikely to cause problems even for those of you whose start word was not quite so fortunate, although you may have ended up with a four unless you got lucky. I didn’t initially, with my opening BYLAW drawing a blank and leaving 900-plus possible answers.
My second guess was not much better; WordleBot loved SIREN and awarded it 98/99 for SKILL (TRICE and TRIES were the only better ones), but it was incredibly unlucky and still left 41 words.
I worked hard to identify as many of those as I could, but didn’t go overboard; once I get to about 20 I realize there’s only a very slim chance of me getting it right next guess and instead focus on finding a good narrowing-down word for the pattern that’s forming.
Here, I had a yellow E and R but knew it wasn’t an ER answer. E would almost certainly be at the end, with R in second position, probably after a C, but maybe a T, B or P. I went with TROPE in the end, because it enabled me to include two of those four, and finally got some success: the O and E turned green, but the R stayed yellow.
This was actually really lucky, because if the R had also gone green I’d have had to choose between four words, DROVE, ERODE, FROZE and GROVE. Instead, I had just one. That was CHORE, and I played it next for a slightly underwhelming four.
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Yesterday’s Wordle hints (game #1323)
In a different time zone where it’s still Saturday? Don’t worry – I can give you some clues for Wordle #1323, 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 R.
R is a surprisingly uncommon starting letter. Despite ranking third overall in Wordle, it’s merely the 11th most likely to begin an answer.
- 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 T.
T is a very common letter to end a Wordle answer – in fact only E and Y are more likely in that position.
Still looking for more Wordle hints? Here’s an extra one for game #1323.
- Yesterday’s Wordle answer is to fasten or fix firmly.
Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #1323)
- NYT average score: 3.8
- My score: 4
- WordleBot’s score: 4
- Best start word performance*: CARET (3 remaining answers)
- My start word performance: CURVE (28)
* From WordleBot’s Top 20 start words
Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #1323) was… RIVET.
I tend to beat myself up (metaphorically!) when I score a four, particularly when the average is below that. RIVET has an average of 3.8, implying it’s easier than most, and it’s true that it lacks the repeated letters, ER format or too-many-answers problems that characterize the hardest games.
It does have a V in the middle, though, so I’m a little surprised that it’s as low as this. V is not uncommon in the way that Q, Z, X and J are, but it’s next in the rankings after them, and doesn’t appear in any of the best start words.
Regardless of how hard it actually is, I’m not unhappy with my game here – because I really don’t think I could have done better without more luck.
My start word, CURVE, was pretty good. It gave me the V, plus an E and R to go with it, and cut my shortlist to 28.
I immediately decided it would be another ER word, so played LOVER to confirm that and was relieved when the E and V turned green, but not the R. That cut my words list to four, which was about as good as I could have expected; WordleBot’s suggestion, ROARS, would have left three.
The four words on my list were RAVEN, RIVET, RIVEN and RAVED. I was fairly sure the latter would not be an answer, because ED words rarely are. And I realized that I didn’t need another narrowing-down guess, because either RAVEN or RIVET would guarantee a solve in four even if they were not the solution.
So, I was free to guess, my fate held in the Wordle gods’ hands. But yesterday, they chose to smite me – because RAVEN was not correct. I was left to play RIVET next and take my four, but this Wordle will not live long in the memory.
Wordle answers: The past 50
I’ve been playing Wordle every day for more than three years 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 #1323, Saturday 1 February: RIVET
- Wordle #1322, Friday 31 January: TOAST
- Wordle #1321, Thursday 30 January: FALSE
- Wordle #1320, Wednesday 29 January: UDDER
- Wordle #1319, Tuesday 28 January: FEVER
- Wordle #1318, Monday 27 January: SHUNT
- Wordle #1317, Sunday 26 January: SUNNY
- Wordle #1316, Saturday 25 January: CRISP
- Wordle #1315, Friday 24 January: CREPE
- Wordle #1314, Thursday 23 January: UPPER
- Wordle #1313, Wedneday 22 January: REACH
- Wordle #1312, Tuesday 21 January: ICING
- Wordle #1311, Monday 20 January: SQUID
- Wordle #1310, Sunday 19 January: ROWER
- Wordle #1309, Saturday 18 January: SILLY
- Wordle #1308, Friday 17 January: PROSE
- Wordle #1307, Thursday 16 January: FLINT
- Wordle #1306, Wednesday 15 January: KNACK
- Wordle #1305, Tuesday 14 January: FANCY
- Wordle #1304, Monday 13 January: CLOAK
- Wordle #1303, Sunday 12 January: TOTAL
- Wordle #1302, Saturday 11 January: DINGY
- Wordle #1301, Friday 10 January: CRAWL
- Wordle #1300, Thursday 9 January: WAFER
- Wordle #1299, Wednesday 8 January: DRAFT
- Wordle #1298, Tuesday 7 January: ATLAS
- Wordle #1297, Monday 6 January: SPRIG
- Wordle #1296, Sunday 5 January: CYBER
- Wordle #1295, Saturday 4 January: RELAX
- Wordle #1294, Friday 3 January: CHEAP
- Wordle #1293, Thursday 2 January: CHOSE
- Wordle #1292, Wednesday 1 January: NERVE
- Wordle #1291, Tuesday 31 December: LEMUR
- Wordle #1290, Monday 30 December: STARE
- Wordle #1289, Sunday 29 December: MAMBO
- Wordle #1288, Saturday 28 December: DECRY
- Wordle #1287, Friday 27 December: GRAIN
- Wordle #1286, Thursday 26 December: AFFIX
- Wordle #1285, Wednesday 25 December: SHARE
- Wordle #1284, Tuesday 24 December: EAGLE
- Wordle #1283, Monday 23 December: SAUNA
- Wordle #1282, Sunday 22 December: BRAWN
- Wordle #1281, Saturday 21 December: BLADE
- Wordle #1280, Friday 20 December: FLASH
- Wordle #1279, Thursday 19 December: STRAY
- Wordle #1278, Wednesday 18 December: HEFTY
- Wordle #1277, Tuesday 17 December: SCOWL
- Wordle #1276, Monday 16 December: BOAST
- Wordle #1275, Sunday 15 December: FUNKY
- Wordle #1274, Saturday 14 December: DROOL
- Wordle #1273, Friday 13 December: BOXER
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.
