Today’s Wordle answer is another easy one! According to WordleBot, people are solving it in an average of 3.6 guesses, and it’s one of those games were many of the best Wordle starting words were particularly useful.
That doesn’t mean you won’t want some Wordle hints, though, because failure in this game is only ever six guesses away. I’ve played every day since December 2021 and can give you some clues to ensure your streak stays intact.
So read on for my hints and the answers to game #645 and bookmark this page so you can easily return tomorrow. Oh, and if you also play Quordle then my Quordle today page contains hints and answers for that, too.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about today’s Wordle answers are below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to see them.
Marc is TechRadar’s UK Editor in Chief and has been playing Wordle for more than a year. He’s authored dozens of articles on the game for TechRadar and its sister site Tom’s Guide, including a detailed analysis of the most common letters in every position. His streak recently reached the 400 mark and he’ll be inconsolable if he loses it. Yes, he takes it all too seriously.
Wordle hints (game #645) – clue #1 – Vowels
How many vowels does today’s Wordle have?
• Wordle today has three vowels*.
* 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 #645) – clue #2 – first letter
What letter does today’s Wordle begin with?
• The first letter in today’s Wordle answer is U.
U is not a particularly common starting letter in Wordle, with only 33 answers beginning with it. It ranks 20th in this regard, and is the least common vowel to start an answer.
Wordle hints (game #645) – 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 #645) – 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 #645) – clue #5 – last chance
Still looking for Wordle hints today? Don’t worry, I’ll give you one more for game #645.
- Today’s Wordle answer means to free from restraint.
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 #645)
Today’s Wordle answer (game #645) is… UNTIE.
We’re right in the midst of one of the easiest Wordle patches we’ve had – only five of the past 20 games have had an average score of above 4, and today’s puzzle should be particularly straightforward for most people, with WordleBot reporting a score of just 3.6.
Not everyone will find it so easy, of course, and a lot will depend on whether you use one of the best Wordle starting words. Almost all of WordleBot’s top choices narrowed things down considerably today: SLATE left just 23 answers, while CRANE (24), TRACE (23), CARTE (22), CRATE (22) and STARE (24) were all in the same ballpark. A few options were even more successful; if you played TRICE today, you’ll have had just three possible options remaining!
A look at the letters involved explains why: four of the five are in the top 10 most common letters overall, and E is the most likely letter to end a Wordle answer. Lots of people will have begun today’s game with a green E at the end.
That’s what happened to me, with a yellow T also appearing after my starter of STARE.
From there, it was a simple task of listing the answers, then choosing a good second word that narrowed things down further. I came up 17 of the 24 that WordleBot reckons were solutions, but the eventual answer wasn’t among them.
No matter; I got very lucky with my second guess, TITLE, which I figured would establish the T’s position and might even give me a 2/6.
It did the former but not the latter, and also uncovered an I. Remarkably, that left just two possible solutions: CUTIE and UNTIE. However, I hadn’t spotted the first of those two, so played UNTIE with an assumption that it had to be right. Well, today the Wordle gods smiled on me and it proved to be the correct solution, giving me another 3/6.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday’s Wordle hints (game #644)
In a different time zone where it’s still Saturday? Don’t worry – I can give you some clues for Wordle #644, too.
- Wordle yesterday had two vowels.
- The first letter in yesterday’s Wordle answer was V.
- There were no repeated letters in yesterday’s Wordle.
- The last letter in yesterday’s Wordle was R.
- Yesterday’s Wordle answer chooses.
Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #644)
Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #644) was… VOTER.
Yes, it’s an ER word. And we don’t like ER words, do we? Well I certainly don’t; I almost always end up scoring a 4/6 or lower on them. There are just too many possible answers to quickly narrow down the options. In fact, a couple of my most difficult games ever have been ER words, with the likes of ELDER, HOMER, GAMER, PARER and RIPER all resulting in a 6/6.
VOTER has an average score of 4.1, according to WordleBot, with the game potentially made harder than some by the presence of a V at the start of the answer. V is not a particularly common starting letter; it’s the 16th most likely to be in this position.
On the plus side, for me at least, there’s also a T in the answer, meaning that my choice of the best Wordle starting words, STARE, proved better than most.
That word left me with 40 possible solutions, whereas anyone starting with WordleBot’s favored SLATE still had to whittle down 114 of them! CRANE (187) and SLANT (180) were even worse – though the likes of TRACE (36) and CRATE/CARTE (48) were OK.
I like to play INTER as my second word when I have a yellow T, E and R from my first guess, because it confirms (or rules out) the ER structure right away and adds two very common letters in I and N. WordleBot prefer BERET, and I can see there’s value in ruling out the repeated E option as soon as possible, but the other vowels are all common too, so I’d rather play one of those earlier.
My approach fared better than WordleBot’s today: INTER confirmed the TER pattern and left me with just six possible answers, whereas BERET would have left 13. I found all of those six independently, coming up with METER, PETER, VOTER, CUTER, OUTER and DETER.
The sensible thing to do was play a word that would rule in/out all of the options and guarantee a 4/6 – however, I couldn’t think of a word that did that. The best I could do was DEUCE, which would have guaranteed a 4/6 unless the answer was METER or PETER – in which case I’d still face a 50/50.
That said, I wasn’t too worried as I know Wordle doesn’t generally have many answers that are also names. In fact, the NYT removed HARRY soon after it bought Wordle, because it thought it would be confusing. I don’t know for sure that PETER isn’t an answer, but I took the risk and it paid off.
DEUCE gave me just a single yellow E, meaning it couldn’t be METER or PETER (the E would have turned green), couldn’t be DETER (there was no D) and couldn’t be OUTER or CUTER (no U). That just left VOTER, and I scored a WordleBot-equalling 4/6 as a result.
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 #644, Saturday 25 March: VOTER
- Wordle #643, Friday 24 March: GROUT
- Wordle #642, Thursday 23 March: STAID
- Wordle #641, Wednesday 22 March: DUVET
- Wordle #640, Tuesday 21 March: TOUGH
- Wordle #639, Monday 20 March: GLOVE
- Wordle #638, Sunday 19 March: CREDO
- Wordle #637, Saturday 18 March: YACHT
- Wordle #636, Friday 17 March: MEALY
- Wordle #635, Thursday 16 March: CIDER
- Wordle #634, Wednesday 15 March: SWEEP
- Wordle #633, Tuesday 14 March: SURLY
- Wordle #632, Monday 13 March: BLAME
- Wordle #631, Sunday 12 March: BIRTH
- Wordle #630, Saturday 11 March: EMAIL
- Wordle #629, Friday 10 March: REVEL
- Wordle #628, Thursday 9 March: WHERE
- Wordle #627, Wednesday 8 March: REGAL
- Wordle #626, Tuesday 7 March: HORSE
- Wordle #625, Monday 6 March: PINKY
- Wordle #624, Sunday 5 March: TOXIC
- Wordle #623, Saturday 4 March: TREND
- Wordle #622, Friday 3 March: SQUAT
- Wordle #621, Thursday 2 March: ABOVE
- Wordle #620, Wednesday 1 March: MOOSE
- Wordle #619, Tuesday 28 February: POLKA
- Wordle #618, Monday 27 February: WORSE
- Wordle #617, Sunday 26 February: SYRUP
- Wordle #616, Saturday 25 February: FIFTY
- Wordle #615, Friday 24 February: ARBOR
- Wordle #614, Thursday 23 February: VAGUE
- Wordle #613, Wednesday 22 February: RIPER
- Wordle #612, Tuesday 21 February: RUDDY
- Wordle #611, Monday 20 February: SWEAT
- Wordle #610, Sunday 19 February: KIOSK
- Wordle #609, Saturday 18 February: AVAIL
- Wordle #608, Friday 17 February: CACHE
- Wordle #607, Thursday 16 February: MAGIC
- Wordle #606, Wednesday 15 February: SALSA
- Wordle #605, Tuesday 14 February: SOUND
- Wordle #604, Monday 13 February: USAGE
- Wordle #603, Sunday 12 February: GIANT
- Wordle #602, Saturday 11 February: DEBUG
- Wordle #601, Friday 10 February: HEADY
- Wordle #600, Thursday 9 February: STAGE
- Wordle #599, Wednesday 8 February: FLAIL
- Wordle #598, Tuesday 7 February: APPLE
- Wordle #597, Monday 6 February: NINTH
- Wordle #596, Sunday 5 February: DANCE
- Wordle #595, Saturday 4 February: UNLIT
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 (opens in new tab) or the New York Times’ Crossword app (iOS (opens in new tab) / Android (opens in new tab)), 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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