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Most people find uncovering today's Wordle answer to be rather tricky. According to the New York Times' WordleBot, the average player completes Wordle #1,798 in 4.3 moves in easy mode, or 4.2 if playing by hard rules.
Each day, we will update this article with Wordle hints and tips to help you find today's answer. And if the hints aren't enough, we'll even give you the answer, in case you're really stuck or just haven't had time to complete today's puzzle. Plus, we are also including an analysis of yesterday's puzzle, #1,797, in case you're reading this in a different time zone.
So be warned: spoilers lie ahead for game #1,798, Only read on if you want to know today's Wordle answer!
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Today's Wordle answer — hints to help you solve it
Our first tip is that you should use one of the best Wordle start words for every game you play. But if you want some more specific clues to today's Wordle answer, then here you go:
- It contains two of the five vowels.*
- There are no repeated characters.
- It contains four of the ten most common Wordle letters.
* By vowel, we mean A, E, I, O, U. There are other letters that are sometimes considered to be vowels, depending on how they are used.
Those hints should get you at least some of the way towards finding today's Wordle answer. If not, then you can read on for bigger clues; or, if you just want to know the answer, then skip down further for that.
Alright then, here's a larger hint: Today's Wordle answer is chatty.
What does today's Wordle start with?
The answer to Wordle #1,798 starts with V, so combined with the hints above you should now have all the clues you need to get the answer and not break a Wordle streak.
OK, it's now time to scroll down for the answer…
Today's Wordle answer
So, what is today's Wordle answer for game #1,798?
Drumroll, please — it's VOCAL.
Hello Wordlers. A slightly tricky one today. Even though VOCAL contains four of the ten most common Wordle letters, there are a few words that end 'OCAL' as I'll shortly demonstrate.
I began, as usual, with ORATE. Today, it turned both 'O' and 'A' yellow to leave 73 possible answers, according to WordleBot.
The Bot's best Wordle start words were significantly more effective. SCALD leaves 23 answers, while CLASP lowers that to 13. If you opened with CLEAT, just four options would be left over.
I like to play as many of 'L', 'I', 'S', 'N' and 'C' as possible on my second turn. Today, I could try three of them with SALON.
It was pretty effective. While both 'A' and 'O' stayed yellow in their new positions, I got another confirmed character with 'L'. I was down to 16 options, according to WordleBot*.
I tried LOCAL next, which turned everything green except the first 'L'.
Two options were left, and unfortunately I picked the wrong one first with FOCAL.
When that was wrong, it was obvious what I had to do. I subbed out 'F' for 'V' to spell VOCAL for the five-turn win.
Hopefully you were luckier than me today, Wordlers. See you tomorrow.
* These were: AIOLI, ALOUD, VIOLA, AHOLD, ALOHA, FOCAL, VOCAL, VOILA, DOULA, AFOUL, ABOIL, CLOAK, MODAL, LOCAL, LOYAL and GLOAM.
Yesterday's Wordle answer
Reading this in a later time zone? Here are clues and the solution to the previous puzzle.
- It contains two of the five vowels.*
- There is one repeated character (one of the vowels).
- It contains three of the five most common Wordle letters.
The answer to Wordle #1,797 starts with A, so combined with the hints above you should now have all the clues you need to get the answer and not break a Wordle streak.
OK, it's now time to scroll down for the answer…
The Wordle answer for game #1,797 was... AGREE.
Hello Wordlers. Though I got today's puzzle in three moves, that doesn't take into account the time involved. This one had me puzzling for quite some time before I entered my third and final guess.
It does, however, contain three of the five most common Wordle letters. That meant that my usual opener of ORATE gave me three confirmed characters. 'R' and 'A' turned yellow, while 'E' went green to leave just 15 possible answers, according to WordleBot*.
The Bot's best Wordle start words were even stronger. PALED and TAPED leave 12 answers each, while LADEN lowers that to nine. If you started with TASER, just four options would be left in play.
I usually try and play as many of 'L', 'I', 'S', 'N' and 'C' as possible on my second turn, but with three confirmed characters to fit in, the best I could do was add one from my hit list with PARSE.
According to WordleBot, this left just two options. 'R' turned green, while 'A' was ruled out in a second spot.
It took me ages to think of anything, but eventually I got onto possible repeated characters and thought of AGREE. It was indeed the right answer, though it could just as easily have been AERIE.
Hopefully today's puzzle didn't trip you up, Wordlers. See you tomorrow.
* These were: BARGE, CARVE, FARCE, LARGE, BARRE, CADRE, RANGE, AZURE, AFIRE, AGREE, AERIE, RAISE, PARSE, PADRE and SABRE.
Previous Wordle answers
If you're looking for a list of older Wordle answers, we can also help. Here's a list going back 20 games.
- Wordle #1,797: AGREE
- Wordle #1,796: WRECK
- Wordle #1,795: DUSTY
- Wordle #1,794: LOATH
- Wordle #1,793: BYLAW
- Wordle #1,792: MOVER
- Wordle #1,791: CREED
- Wordle #1,790: WAVER
- Wordle #1,789: DOWDY
- Wordle #1,788: CLOCK
- Wordle #1,787: NEWLY
- Wordle #1,786: PARKA
- Wordle #1,785: SATIN
- Wordle #1,784: UMBRA
- Wordle #1,783: BUDGE
- Wordle #1,782: LIKEN
- Wordle #1,781: LATCH
- Wordle #1,780: RISER
- Wordle #1,779: PUFFY
- Wordle #1,778: BRING
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Wordle alternatives
If you're eager for another game to pass the time while you wait, we've put together a list of the best Wordle alternatives. We also have a page on today's Quordle answers, because it's our favorite.
Other Wordle alternatives to try are the ultra-stressful (but very good) Squabble and the soccer-themed, Who Are Ya?. We also like the geography-based Wordle clone Worldle, the Star Wars-themed SWordle and the math-based Mathler.
There are certainly plenty of options once you've finished Wordle for the day!
