Guess what? Today’s Wordle answer is another difficult one! Yes, after yesterday’s puzzle (see below) caused all manner of consternation, those five letters have today resolved themselves into an answer which is arguably harder still. At least that’s what the NYT’s AI tool WordleBot says: it gives it an average score of 4.2, against 4.1 yesterday.
You definitely might want some Wordle hints, then, 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 #647 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 #647) – clue #1 – Vowels
How many vowels does today’s Wordle have?
• Wordle today has one vowel*.
* 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 #647) – clue #2 – first letter
What letter does today’s Wordle begin with?
• The first letter in today’s Wordle answer is H.
H is not a particularly common starting letter in Wordle: only 69 games begin with it, and it ranks in 15th place.
Wordle hints (game #647) – clue #3 – repeated letters
Does today’s Wordle have any repeated letters?
• There is one repeated letter 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 #647) – clue #4 – ending letter
What letter does today’s Wordle end with?
• The last letter in today’s Wordle is Y.
Y is the second most common ending letter in the game, behind only E. In total, 364 Wordle answers end with a Y.
Wordle hints (game #647) – clue #5 – last chance
Still looking for Wordle hints today? Don’t worry, I’ll give you one more for game #647.
- Today’s Wordle answer needs to speed up.
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 #647)
Today’s Wordle answer (game #647) is… HURRY.
At first glance, you wouldn’t guess that this is harder than yesterday’s puzzle. After all, game #646 was a real streak-ender. But somehow, it has a higher average score than yesterday’s solution – people are apparently needing 4.2 guesses to solve it, compared to 4.1.
So, what’s the deal? Well it’s definitely nothing to do with the word itself, which is a very common one that nobody should need to scour the dictionary for.
Nor is it to do with the letters; the H isn’t a particularly common starting letter, but the others are all regular visitors to Wordle answers, and Y is the second most common ending letter of all.
Instead, it’s a combination of a repeated letter and the sheer number of possible answers that share a very similar pattern. Let’s start with the former. R is relatively common among repeated letters in general, with 60 games containing two of them. That places it sixth in this regard. But here the two Rs sit next to each other, and that’s less common – just 18 puzzles have that pattern, which is less than 1% of all answers.
A bigger problem is the too-many-answers thing, though. HURRY shares three or four letters with CURRY, CARRY, FERRY, FURRY, HARRY, MARRY, MERRY, PARRY, SORRY, WORRY, LORRY, TARRY and BERRY, plus several others that are slightly less likely to crop up.
What’s more, many of the best Wordle starting words were less than useful today. SLATE, WordleBot’s favorite, left 308 possible answers! CRANE (103), SLANT (530) and TRACE (77) were all very high too, so well done if you began with any of those and still scored 3/6 or higher.
My choice, STARE, was much better: it left just 22 answers. I didn’t find them all, but I drew up a list of around a dozen, including CHURN, CHORD, CHIRP, CURRY, HURRY, WORRY, LORRY, BLURB, WHORL and WHIRL.
Based on those 10 I decided to include a Y and at least one out of U or O. HOWDY fit the bill nicely and WordleBot agreed, awarding me 92/99 for skill. More importantly, it proved tremendously lucky too, giving me a green H and a green Y and leaving me with just one possible solution. A 3/6 was mine for the taking.
Amazingly, WordleBot itself only scored a 5/6 today – the worst score I’ve ever seen it get. And yes, I’m delighted about that, too!
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday’s Wordle hints (game #646)
In a different time zone where it’s still Monday? Don’t worry – I can give you some clues for Wordle #646, too.
- Wordle yesterday had three vowels.
- The first letter in yesterday’s Wordle answer was G.
- There were no repeated letters in yesterday’s Wordle.
- The last letter in yesterday’s Wordle was O.
- Yesterday’s Wordle answer is a ‘gift’ from the skies.
Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #646)
Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #646) was… GUANO.
This was potentially a tough one. WordleBot, the NYT’s helpful AI game analysis tool, reports that people solved it in an average of 4.1 guesses, which in itself isn’t too high. After all, we tend to think of 4 as the par score, so it’s only just above that.
However, GUANO is a fairly uncommon word, so I suspect some people will have struggled to solve it. In fact, I’ve seen exactly that scenario on Twitter, with people complaining that it’s a word they’ve never heard of.
So, what does it mean? Well, the Merriam-Webster definition (opens in new tab) is “a fertilizer containing the accumulated excrement of seabirds or bats” but most people would just use it to mean bird poo, or at least sea bird poo.
And it is fairly obscure, as words go. The website Word and Phrase Info (opens in new tab) states that it’s only the 32,382nd most common word in the English language – whereas most Wordle answers sit within the top 10,000 and plenty are in the top 1,000.
Another thing to note about it is that today’s Wordle answers marks the start of a new era for the game. That’s because this is the first solution that wasn’t among the 2,315 answers compiled by the game’s creator, Josh Wardle. Fun fact, eh?
Aside from its relative obscurity, it also has a fairly unusual word pattern. There are three vowels in its five letters – already less common than getting two or one – and an O at the end.
The U and A sitting together isn’t that likely, either. Though 15 Wordle answers have this format, most follow a Q as in QUAIL or SQUAD. GUARD, GUAVA, USUAL and SUAVE are the only other Wordle answers that follow this pattern.
Against that, the lack of alternative answers might have made the task easier in other ways. For instance, among the best Wordle starting words, CRANE left just 20 possible solutions. SLANT was only 10.
WordleBot’s favorite SLATE (59) and my choice of STARE (43) weren’t so helpful, but those options will quickly have narrowed down with a good second word.
That’s how my game played out; I went with CLINK, which left out the green A I already had in favor of including another letter. WordleBot would have done almost the exact same thing, suggesting CLUNK.
As it happens, both were fine choices – either way, I’d have been left with just one possible answer! To jump from 43 answers to one in a single guess is not the kind of thing that happens often, so I definitely had a bit of luck today.
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 #646, Monday 27 March: GUANO
- Wordle #645, Sunday 26 March: UNTIE
- 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
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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