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5 Letter Words Ending in ER: Full List + Wordle History
Every five-letter word ending in ER, why it is the most common Wordle answer ending, which ones have been used, and how to beat the _OWER trap.
8 min read Word lists5 Letter Words Starting With O: Full List + Wordle History
Every five-letter word that starts with O, which ones have been Wordle answers, which never were, and why O so rarely comes first.
7 min read Wordle basicsWordle in 1: How to Play NYT's One-Clue Bonus Puzzle
Wordle in 1 is NYT's weekly bonus puzzle: one coloured clue, one possible word, five rounds. See the rules, guess limit, release day, cost and a worked example.
8 min read Word lists8 Letter Words: Full List, Common Endings and Bingo Stems
Browse 6,357 eight-letter words with a live filter, A to Z counts, the endings that shape them, Scrabble bingo stems and the highest scorers.
9 min read Word lists7 Letter Word Finder: Unscramble Your Letters Into Seven-Letter Words
Type up to seven letters or blanks and see every seven-letter word they spell, then learn the racks, suffixes and rare letters that find more plays.
9 min read Word lists6 Letter Words: Full List, Patterns and a Live Filter
Browse 5,222 six-letter words with a live filter, the most common six-letter words, A to Z counts, endings, anagram sets and the highest scorers.
9 min read Word lists6, 7 and 8 Letter Words: Counts, Patterns and Smart Picks
How many 6, 7 and 8 letter words exist, how they differ in endings and repeated letters, and which lengths matter for Scrabble bingos, with data from WordleSolver's word bank.
9 min read Word lists5 Letter Words Starting With E: Full List + Wordle History
Every five-letter word starting with E, which ones have been Wordle answers, which never were and why, and the best E-words to guess.
8 min read Wordle basicsYesterday's Wordle Answer: Solution, Puzzle Number & Last 7 Days
Yesterday's Wordle answer with its puzzle number and date, the last 7 answers, a repeat check against every past puzzle, and how to play it again. Updated daily.
4 min read Wordle basicsWordle Stats Reset, Missing, or Moved to a New Phone? How to Fix It
Wordle stats gone after a new phone, cleared cache or app switch? They live on your NYT account now. Here's how to find them, move them, and protect your streak.
9 min read Clue logicColor Masked Wordle and Colour Swap Wordle: Rules and How to Solve Them
Color Masked Wordle hides which letters are right and shows only green, yellow and red counts. Colour Swap Wordle scrambles the tile colours. Here's how to crack both.
9 min read Starting wordsBest Second Word to Use in Wordle (After Your Opener)
There's no single best second word in Wordle — it depends on your opener's result. Compare the no-overlap and clue-following methods, plus which one to use in normal vs hard mode.
7 min read Starting wordsBest 2-3 Word Wordle Opening Strategy (Cover the Most Letters)
Build or pick a no-overlap 2-3 word Wordle opener that covers the most letters — plus why the trick breaks down in Hard Mode.
8 min read Wordle basicsDoes Wordle Use Past-Tense Words or Proper Nouns?
No, not fully — Wordle's answer list excludes proper nouns and most -ED past-tense verbs, but allows irregular exceptions like BROKE and FOUND. Full word-type rule breakdown.
7 min read StrategyBest Wordle Helper Sites Compared: WordTips vs Try Hard Guides vs YourDictionary
WordTips vs Try Hard Guides vs YourDictionary: we break down each Wordle helper site's solver, daily answers, and weak spots — with a full feature table.
10 min read Wordle basicsWordle Unlimited: What It Is and How It's Different
"Wordle Unlimited" isn't an official NYT mode — it's a name shared by many third-party clone sites. What they actually change, how they compare to real daily Wordle, and why NYT keeps taking them down.
7 min read Wordle basicsBest Wordle Alternatives: 7 Word Games to Try Next
Quordle, Dordle, Octordle, Connections, Waffle, Nerdle, and more — what each one changes about the Wordle formula, how hard it actually is, and which one to try first.
9 min read Wordle basicsWordle Player Statistics: How Many People Play in 2026?
How many people actually play Wordle each day, why daily and monthly player estimates disagree so widely, and what NYT Games has confirmed on the record.
8 min read StrategyWordle Helper vs. Wordle Solver: What's Actually Different?
A Wordle helper and a Wordle solver both use your green, yellow, and gray clues — here's what actually separates them, how Collins, Word.tips, and others define it, and how to use one.
7 min read StrategyWordle Letter Frequency: The Most Common Letters (and Positions)
Which letters actually show up most in Wordle answers, how often each position favors a specific letter, and what that means for picking a starting word — calculated from 1,888 real answers.
8 min read Wordle basicsWordle Word Checker: Is It a Valid Word or a Past Answer?
Check whether a word is a valid Wordle guess and whether it has ever been the answer, from FIVER and THETA to SHUSH and JELLO, without spoiling today's puzzle.
8 min read Wordle basicsTomorrow's Wordle: No-Spoiler Hints & Why Predictions Fail
Why nobody can reliably predict tomorrow's Wordle answer, how the answer list actually works, and a safe hint ladder to use the night before without spoiling today's game.
7 min read Wordle basicsWill Wordle Ever Run Out of Words?
How many Wordle answers are left, why the New York Times started reusing words in 2026, and whether the daily puzzle can realistically run out of five-letter words.
7 min read Wordle basicsWordle Stats Explained: Win %, Streak & Guess Distribution
What Games Played, Win %, Current Streak, Max Streak, and Guess Distribution actually measure in Wordle, how the average is calculated, and why stats sometimes reset.
8 min read Wordle basicsWho Created Wordle? The Story From Josh Wardle to The New York Times
Josh Wardle built Wordle for his partner in 2021, named it after himself, and sold it to The New York Times for a seven-figure sum months later. Here's the full timeline.
7 min read StrategyWordle Analyzer: How to Evaluate Guesses & Maximize Win Rate
How a Wordle analyzer evaluates your guesses, calculates remaining entropy, eliminates impossible letters, and recommends optimal next moves to protect your streak.
7 min read StrategyWordle Calculator: Solve Today's Puzzle Step by Step
How a Wordle calculator evaluates letter math, entropy and remaining candidate words to give you the highest-probability guess on every turn.
8 min read StrategyIs Using a Wordle Solver Cheating? Our Honest Take
Is looking up Wordle hints or using a word solver actually cheating? We break down the etiquette, competitive stats, and how to use tools to get genuinely better.
7 min read Starting wordsBest Wordle Starting Words From Our Data
Compare balanced, vowel-first, and constrained opening words using letter-coverage counts from our 3,424-word five-letter corpus.
10 min read Word lists5 Letter Words for Wordle: Which Ones Help
Which five-letter words actually help in Wordle: common letters over high-scoring ones, the guess list versus the answer list, and the words worth knowing each turn.
7 min read Word lists5 Letter Words Containing the Letters You Know
Find five-letter words containing any letters you choose, how a contains search differs from an exact-sequence search, and how to turn Wordle yellows into a word list.
8 min read Word listsFive-Letter Words Ending in A
Five-letter words ending in A, from EXTRA to KOALA: how rare the ending is, the letter that usually comes before it, and which words are safe Wordle guesses.
7 min read StrategyWordle Help for 5-Letter Words: Solver & Strategy
Stuck on today's Wordle? Turn your green, yellow, and gray tiles into a short list of valid five-letter words, then pick a next guess that actually narrows the field.
9 min read Word lists5 Letter Words Starting With P (Full List + Wordle Tips)
232 common five-letter words that start with P, from PAINT to PROXY, plus which second letter shows up most and how to use a P-start in Wordle.
7 min read Word lists5 Letter Words Starting With M (Full List + Wordle Tips)
172 common five-letter words starting with M, from MAGIC to MUSIC, plus which vowel follows M most often and how to use an M-opener in Wordle.
7 min read Wordle basicsHow to Play Wordle: Rules and Tile Colors
Learn the six-guess rules, what green, yellow, and gray mean, how Wordle is scored, and how to turn each result into a useful next guess.
9 min read Clue logicWordle Double Letters: Rules for Repeated Letters
How Wordle scores repeated letters, the official New York Times duplicate-letter rule, mixed green, yellow, and gray copies, and how to read them.
9 min read Wordle basicsWordle Colors Meaning: Green, Yellow, Gray Explained
What the green, yellow, and gray (grey) Wordle tiles mean, how the colours change in high-contrast mode, and how to act on each one.
8 min read Wordle basicsHow to Get a Red or Orange Square in Wordle
Red and orange Wordle squares come from high-contrast mode. Here is what the orange and blue tiles mean and how to turn the setting on or off.
6 min read Clue logicDoes Today's Wordle Have a Double Letter?
How to tell whether today's Wordle answer repeats a letter without spoiling the puzzle, plus how often double letters actually appear.
6 min read StrategyWordle Hard Mode: Rules and Strategy
See what hard mode changes, how it compares with normal mode, why probe words become harder to play, and how to choose legal guesses that still reveal information.
8 min read Wordle basicsWordle Cheat Sheet: Rules, Colors & Double Letters
Every core Wordle rule, the green/yellow/gray (and orange/blue) color meanings, and the double-letter scoring order on one scannable page.
5 min read MethodologyHow a Wordle Solver Turns Clues Into Words
Follow the filtering logic behind fixed positions, misplaced letters, exclusions, and duplicate counts, then a step-by-step walkthrough of using a 5-letter solver.
12 min read StrategyWordle Hints: Get a Clue Without Spoiling the Answer
Build your own progressive Wordle hint ladder from vowel counts to a solver-narrowed shortlist. Real help that works on any day's puzzle, with no daily-answer spoilers.
7 min read Wordle basicsDoes Wordle Ever Repeat Past Answers?
Yes — since February 2, 2026. Here's when Wordle started reusing old answers, why, which word came back first, and every repeat confirmed so far.
7 min read StrategyWordle Tips: How to Use a Solver Without Losing the Fun
Practical Wordle tips for using a solver without spoiling the game: check a stuck guess instead of asking for the finish line, stay hard-mode legal, and read the candidate list to learn words, not just win.
8 min read Wordle basicsWordle Answer Today: Hints, Clue & Solution
Today's Wordle answer, no-spoiler hints first, then the reveal and yesterday's answer for comparison. Updated daily.
3 min read Wordle basicsWordle of the Day: How to Play, Rules & Today's Answer
What the Wordle of the day is, where to play it free, the green/yellow/gray rules, best starting words, what's new in 2026, and where to find today's answer.
8 min read Wordle basicsWhat Does Today's Wordle Start With? Answer & Letter Strategy
Today's Wordle starting letter, updated daily — plus which letters start Wordle answers most often and how to use the first-letter clue without spoilers.
6 min read Wordle basicsEvery Wordle Answer Ever: Full Archive by Puzzle Number
Every Wordle answer from puzzle #0 (CIGAR, June 2021) to today, by date and in A–Z order, with zero gaps in the sequence.
4 min read Wordle basicsCan Wordle Answers Be Plural? Wordle's Word Rules Explained
Yes, but only irregular plurals like GEESE or FUNGI. See which plurals are allowed, which are banned, and why, since the November 2022 rule change.
6 min readNeed an answer-shaped list instead?
Enter the tiles you already earned and let the solver remove words that cannot fit.