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.
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 Wordle streak just reached the 500 mark and he’ll be inconsolable if he loses it. Yes, he takes it all too seriously.
Wordle hints (game #745) – clue #1 – Vowels
How many vowels does today’s Wordle have?
• Wordle today has vowels in three 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 #745) – clue #2 – first letter
What letter does today’s Wordle begin with?
• The first letter in today’s Wordle answer is I.
I is only the 19th most common starting letter in Wordle, and just 34 of the original 2,309 answers begin with it.
Wordle hints (game #745) – 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 #745) – 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 #745) – clue #5 – last chance
Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here’s an extra one for game #745.
- Today’s Wordle answer is furious.
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 #745)
Today’s Wordle answer (game #745) is… IRATE.
Some days, the best Wordle starting words really come into their own. Today is one of those days. Almost all of the top choices drastically reduced the options available for the second guess – which is exactly what they’re designed to do. If you’re not using one, you’ll have been at a disadvantage right away. Of course, that may not bother you – maybe you prefer to play a more relaxed game of Wordle, testing your skill and riding your luck each day. If that’s the case, I salute you. But I bet I probably beat you too.
IRATE is not a particularly hard Wordle to solve, regardless of what your start word was. WordleBot says it has an average score of just 3.7, which is just above yesterday’s HOTEL. All five of the letters in use are very common; four are in the top five, and I sits only just outside it, at seventh. Admittedly, it’s not a common letter to start a Wordle answer – just 19th – but it’s a regular visitor to Wordle solutions all the same.
The best starter word (other than IRATE itself) was TRICE, which left just one possible solution. But plenty of others were only just behind it. CRATE, CARTE and TRACE all left just three solutions, ADIEU left five and SLATE left seven.
My choice, STARE, left six: CRATE, GRATE, IRATE, ORATE, TRACE and TRADE. And that meant that I faced a dilemma. I could go for glory and shoot for a 2/6, but doing so might leave me scoring a 6/6 at worst. Or, if I was a bit smart about it, I could play TRACE or CRATE and be certain of no worse than a 5/6. But I wanted a higher score than that, and as I don’t play on Hard Mode, I was able to guarantee one.
Playing TOXIC made it certain that I would score a 3/6 (and also certain that I wouldn’t score a 2/6). If the T turned green and the C yellow, it would be TRACE. If the T turned green and C stayed gray, it would be TRADE. If the T turned yellow and the O also went yellow, it would be ORATE. The C would (in combination with the T) point the way to TRACE or CRATE, and the I to Irate.
As it happened, the latter scenario played out. The T stayed yellow and the I also changed color, meaning it had to be IRATE. I played that next and scored a straightforward 3/6.
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Yesterday’s Wordle hints (game #744)
In a different time zone where it’s still Monday? Don’t worry – I can give you some clues for Wordle #744, too.
- Wordle yesterday had vowels in two places.
- The first letter in yesterday’s Wordle answer was H.
- There were no repeated letters in yesterday’s Wordle.
- The last letter in yesterday’s Wordle was L.
- Yesterday’s Wordle answer is a place to stay.
Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #744)
Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #744) was… HOTEL.
We’re back on the easier side of things today – WordleBot says this game has an average score of just 3.6 across everyone who has played it so far, compared to 4.3 for yesterday’s game (see below).
It’s not hard to see why; it doesn’t have any repeated letters, it doesn’t have any truly uncommon letters and it doesn’t have huge numbers of similarly spelled words. What it does have it four ultra-common letters in O, T, E and L, and one that’s a bit less so without being way down with the likes of Q, Z or X.
Your choice of the best Wordle starting words may have made a big difference today. WordleBot’s favorite is SLATE, and that was also the pick of the common options, leaving just 18 possible solutions. SLANT (27) was also pretty good.
My preferred option is STARE, and that was less helpful – I still had 90 words left, according to WordleBot. Fortunately, my second guess – TONED – cut them down to just four. With a green O and green E in place, and with T now only able to go into two positions, the only formats that worked were -OTE- and -O-ET. Of these, COVET and COMET fit the latter while HOTEL and MOTEL the former.
We had COVET just over a week ago, of course – game #734. Even with my poor memory I didn’t need to look at a past Wordle answers list in order to rule that one out, so really I was choosing from just three. With that in mind I played HOTEL next, and it turned out to be a good guess, giving me a nice 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 #744, Monday 3 July: HOTEL
- Wordle #743, Sunday 2 July: MOSSY
- Wordle #742, Saturday 1 July: BLEEP
- Wordle #741, Friday 30 June: STRAW
- Wordle #740, Thursday 29 June: DINER
- Wordle #739, Wednesday 28 June: TRACT
- Wordle #738, Tuesday 27 June: ABOUT
- Wordle #737, Monday 26 June: GUEST
- Wordle #736, Sunday 25 June: RODEO
- Wordle #735, Saturday 24 June: GRAND
- Wordle #734, Friday 23 June: COVET
- Wordle #733, Thursday 22 June: TASTE
- Wordle #732, Wednesday 21 June: CRANE
- Wordle #731, Tuesday 20 June: FROST
- Wordle #730, Monday 19 June: KAZOO
- Wordle #729, Sunday 18 June: SHYLY
- Wordle #728, Saturday 17 June: RANCH
- Wordle #727, Friday 16 June: STRAP
- Wordle #726, Thursday 15 June: MAYBE
- Wordle #725, Wednesday 14 June: CRIME
- Wordle #724, Tuesday 13 June: PLUNK
- Wordle #723, Monday 12 June: WRONG
- Wordle #722, Sunday 11 June: GUARD
- Wordle #721, Saturday 10 June: AGAIN
- Wordle #720, Friday 9 June: BALSA
- Wordle #719, Thursday 8 June: CRUMB
- Wordle #718, Wednesday 7 June: HATER
- Wordle #717, Tuesday 6 June: SCOUT
- Wordle #716, Monday 5 June: ENNUI
- Wordle #715, Sunday 4 June: BEAST
- Wordle #714, Saturday 3 June: NANNY
- Wordle #713, Friday 2 June: HUMID
- Wordle #712, Thursday 1 June: JAZZY
- Wordle #711, Wednesday 31 May: AGILE
- Wordle #710, Tuesday 30 May: KNEEL
- Wordle #709, Monday 29 May: MOUSE
- Wordle #708, Sunday 28 May: SKIMP
- Wordle #707, Saturday 27 May: RAMEN
- Wordle #706, Friday 26 May: SWINE
- Wordle #705, Thursday 25 May: BAGEL
- Wordle #704, Wednesday 24 May: UTTER
- Wordle #703, Tuesday 23 May: CLERK
- Wordle #702, Monday 22 May: IGLOO
- Wordle #701, Sunday 21 May: BRASH
- Wordle #700, Saturday 20 May: FLASK
- Wordle #699, Friday 19 May: GRIEF
- Wordle #698, Thursday 18 May: SHORN
- Wordle #697, Wednesday 17 May: PLANK
- Wordle #696, Tuesday 16 May: LATTE
- Wordle #695, Monday 15 May: CANOE
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.
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