Today's Wordle hints and answer — solution #1,475, July 3

Most players find uncovering today's Wordle answer to be really tough. According to the New York Times' WordleBot, most players complete Wordle #1,475 in 4.8 moves in easy moves, or 4.6 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, #1,474, in case you're reading this in a different time zone.

So be warned: spoilers lie ahead for game #1,475, Only read on if you want to know today's Wordle answer!

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 one of the five vowels*
• There is one repeated character
• It features just one of the five 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 will be subject to something.

What does today's Wordle start with?

The answer to Wordle #1,475 starts with P, 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 #1,475?

Drumroll, please — it's POPPY.

Hello Wordlers. It's pretty unusual for a letter to appear three times. No wonder it took me five goes to get POPPY, when 'P' wasn't tested until my fourth turn.

I began, as usual, with ORATE which contains all five of the most common Wordle letters. Today, it wasn't too effective, merely turning 'O' yellow and leaving a massive 195 possible options in play, according to WordleBot.

Naturally, the Bot's best Wordle start words were better than that. PLATE, for example, leaves 40 answers, while LEAPT nearly halves that to 22. If you opened with TROPE, only eight options would be left over.

I like to test a mix of 'L', 'I', 'S', 'N', and 'C' on my second turn if possible, and today I did that with SONIC. While it turned 'O' green, I still had 49 possible answers, according to WordleBot.

I tried WOOLY next, and, at last, I was getting somewhere. I finally had my second green letter in 'Y', even if I had now turned ten gray. Just nine possibilities were left, according to WordleBot*.

My next answer wasn't amongst them. I can only assume that PODGY is too much of a Britishism to register on WordleBot's radar! Regardless, it was very effective, proving the answer had to be PO??Y.

Only one option was left. I popped in two more 'P's to spell POPPY and completed the puzzle in five moves.

Hopefully you did well today, Wordlers. See you tomorrow.

* These were: HOBBY, MOMMY, BOBBY, FOGGY, BOGGY, POPPY, DODGY, DOGGY and HOPPY.

Yesterday's Wordle answer

Reading this in a later time zone? The Wordle answer for game #1,474 was INCUR.

Hello Wordlers. I found today's answer pretty easy to find, after eliminating all but one possibility by the end of my second turn.

I began, as usual, with ORATE, which has the distinction of containing all five of the most common Wordle letters. Today, it simply turned 'R' yellow, leaving 48 possible answers in play, according to WordleBot.

The Bot's best Wordle start words improved on this. TRACE leaves 28 answers, while CARET lowers that to 12. If you started with CRANE, only three options would be available.

I try to play a mix of 'L', 'I', 'S', 'N', and 'C' on my second turn, and that's easier when you only have one letter to compensate for.

I actually opted for LURID, because, in the absense of any confirmed vowels, I wanted to test both 'I' and 'U' as soon as possible.

It was a great move, turning 'U' and 'I' yellow and ruling 'R' out in a second spot.

Only the right answer was left over. I typed in INCUR and completed the puzzle in three moves.

Hopefully you did well today, Wordlers. See you tomorrow.

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 #1,474: INCUR
• Wordle #1,473: MOLDY
• Wordle #1,472: BLINK
• Wordle #1,471: WITTY
• Wordle #1,470: STUMP
• Wordle #1,469: PLAIN
• Wordle #1,468: OFFER
• Wordle #1,467: COMFY
• Wordle #1,466: ELITE
• Wordle #1,465: ODDLY
• Wordle #1,464: THRUM
• Wordle #1,463: GLADE
• Wordle #1,462: TAUPE
• Wordle #1,461: CURIO
• Wordle #1,460: MUNCH
• Wordle #1,459: PRANK
• Wordle #1,458: PETTY
• Wordle #1,457: QUAIL
• Wordle #1,456: GHOST
• Wordle #1,455: BILGE
• Wordle #1,454: VIXEN

Wordle tips — how to win at Wordle

The best tip I can give is to use one of the best Wordle start words. I can't stress this enough — it makes a massive difference.

Without one, you'll be scrabbling around in the dark trying (and possibly failing) to find the right five letters (or possibly fewer) out of the 26 possibles. But clever people (not me) have done the math and identified the best start words based on both frequency in English and frequency among Wordle answers. So use them!

Secondly, think about combinations, especially at the start and end. Some options are far more common than others — for instance, SH, ST, CR and CH all feature frequently.

Vowels obviously need consideration too: not all Wordle answers will contain more than one, but plenty do, and some even have three. A good Wordle start word should have used a couple, but if they don't feature you might well want to try another one or two on your next go. Plus, remember the Y — this sometimes acts as a surrogate vowel, and is easy to forget. It also appears at the end of plenty of words.

Finally, try out possibilities. So long as you don't press 'Enter' you can try possible answers to see how they look on screen. Put in likely letters plus any you know are definitely in the word, then mentally change one to the other available options. This technique has worked for me multiple times, and it's particularly helpful when the word in question is not an obvious one (like FJORD or ISLET).

But if you're still struggling with Wordle, check out how Tom's Guide's Wordle experts have honed their strategy after playing every Wordle so far and losing only once.

We also have plenty of Wordle tips and tricks to share, like how we've analyzed every Wordle answer to look for patterns and have some further advice for you there. And if you're new to the game you should also take a look at our What is Wordle? guide.

What else should I know about Wordle?

Wordle officially launched in October 2021, but actually started in June of that year and celebrated its first birthday on June 19, 2022. (You can read my thoughts on the 5 things Wordle needs to improve if it's to keep us playing for its third year.)

However, it only grew in popularity towards the end of the year, then went viral in January as the world woke up to its charms. In fact, it proved so successful that The New York Times bought Wordle for a seven-figure sum in early February and the game is now part of NYT Games.

It's played via the NYT Games website here, and is entirely free. Both the NYT and the game's creator, Josh Wardle, have stated that it will remain free. Some people think that Wordle has got harder since the NYT takeover, but it really hasn't.

Wordle is a simple game in which your challenge is to guess a five-letter word in six attempts. Each time you guess, you're told which of your chosen letters are in the target word, and whether they are in the right place.

If a letter is in the correct place, it turns green. If it's in the word but in the wrong place, it turns yellow. And if it's not in the word at all, it turns gray.

There's just one puzzle a day, and everyone completes the same one. It resets at midnight each day. You'll find more information about the game in our What is Wordle? article.

NYT Strands answer

If you've solved Wordle and need help with other games from the New York Times, we suggest you check out our guide on today's NYT Strands answer, which will give you an overview of how the game works and how to solve the puzzle.

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!

Meanwhile, if you need help with other games from the New York Times, we also have a guide on how to play NYT Connections, if you're interested in giving that one a try.