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 #741) – 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 #741) – clue #2 – first letter
What letter does today’s Wordle begin with?
• The first letter in today’s Wordle answer is S.
S is the most common starting letter in the game, featuring in 365 of Wordle’s 2,309 answers. In fact, it’s almost twice as likely to begin an answer as the next most common starting letter, C.
Wordle hints (game #741) – 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 #741) – clue #4 – ending letter
What letter does today’s Wordle end with?
• The last letter in today’s Wordle is W.
W is an uncommon ending letter in Wordle. A mere 17 games finish with one, out of 2,309 original answers.
Wordle hints (game #741) – clue #5 – last chance
Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here’s an extra one for game #741.
- Today’s Wordle answer can be a man, a hat or a poll.
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 #741)
Today’s Wordle answer (game #741) is… STRAW.
There’s a distinct sense of deja vu about today’s Wordle word. Just two weeks ago (game #727) the answer was STRAP, and today’s STRAW differs from it by only one letter.
Perhaps strangely, this answer has a much higher average score: 4.0, according to WordleBot, versus just 3.5 for STRAP. That’s presumably because P is a much more common letter than W, and is also likely to feature in far more of the best Wordle starting words.
W aside, it should be a straightforward puzzle to solve; it contains four of the most common letters in the game, in the form of S, T, R and A. All four of those feature in my preferred start word, STARE, a fact which contributed greatly towards me only having three possible answers after my first guess!
Several other start words fared almost as well, with CARTE (5), CARET (6), SLATE (8) and SLANT (10) all particularly helpful.
While WordleBot said I had three solutions to choose from, I knew there were really just two: STRAY and STRAW. Two weeks ago, I went with STRAY first and had to settle for a 3/6 when the answer was STRAP. Today… I went with STRAY first and had to settle for a 3/6 when the answer was STRAW. That’s just how it goes sometimes.
Still, next time this pattern appears I will be guaranteed a 2/6 – well, assuming I can remember what happened the previous times…
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday’s Wordle hints (game #740)
In a different time zone where it’s still Thursday? Don’t worry – I can give you some clues for Wordle #740, too.
- Wordle yesterday had vowels in two places.
- The first letter in yesterday’s Wordle answer was D.
- There were no repeated letters in yesterday’s Wordle.
- The last letter in yesterday’s Wordle was R.
- Yesterday’s Wordle answer is a place to eat.
Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #740)
Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #740) was… DINER.
I feel like this should be a really hard Wordle to solve, on account of the -ER ending. But no, WordleBot says it has an average score of 4.0, which is identical to yesterday’s game (see below) and which is right in the middle of the difficulty zone.
Maybe that’s because the other three letters are all common: D, I and N are regular visitors to Wordle answers, and are also among the ones many people would be most likely to play on a second guess.
Against that, there are a lot of possible answers to wade through with any ER word. And that’s the case even if you began with one of the best Wordle starting words. For instance, SLATE – WordleBot’s favorite – left 329 possible solutions. TRACE and CRATE (171), CARTE and SLANT (163) and my pick, STARE (181) were only marginally better. CRANE (34) was the only marginally helpful one of the top choices.
There was a lot resting on that second guess, then. You’ll have needed a big dose of luck to get home in 3/6 from that point, and that’s what I got. I went with LINED – which I knew couldn’t be the answer, but which gave me the chance to include another consonant by virtue of having left out the R.
It worked out better than I could have imaged, giving me a green I, green N, green E and yellow D. That D could only now go at the start of the answer, meaning the R had to go at the end, meaning it had to be DINER. I was pretty pleased with myself until I saw WordleBot’s score; it managed a 2/6. Typical!
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 #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
- Wordle #694, Sunday 14 May: SCARF
- Wordle #693, Saturday 13 May: ACRID
- Wordle #692, Friday 12 May: SNACK
- Wordle #691, Thursday 11 May: BROOM
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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