Today’s Wordle answer is a common word but includes a very unusual letter. We have ranks all letters in the alphabet by popularity if you want to use this list to choose your best opening words.
Each day we’ll post hints and then the current day’s Wordle answer, just in case you need it.
Today’s Wordle Tips
Warning: If you keep reading, you will see Wordle answer for Monday, May 6, puzzle #1052 This could be a devastating spoiler for some players. But if you just need the answer—perhaps you’re on your last guess and just don’t want to see an 800-game streak fail—keep reading.
Wordle tip #1: No repeats
Today’s Wordle answer has no repeated letters.
Wordle tip #2: Vowels
There are two vowels in today’s Wordle answer.
Wordle tip #3: Initial letter
Today’s Wordle answer starts with the letter S.
Wordle tip #4: Unusual letter
We have a list of them all letters of the alphabet sorted by popularity. One of the letters in today’s Wordle answer is really unusual—in fact, it’s among the lowest five letters on our list.
Wordle Tip #5: Meaning
Today’s Wordle answer is about cutting hair a certain way, usually on the face or legs. Think “(BLANK) and hairdo, two parts.”
TODAY’S ANSWER TO THE WORD
Here comes the spoiler: Today’s Wordle answer is OUTLINE. If you answered your last Wordle guess correctly, you can say it was a close shave.
Yesterday’s Wordle answer
Yesterday’s answer, #1051, May 5, was DECAL
Past Wordle Answers
May 1, #1047: DIARY
May 2, No. 1048: CUT
May 3, Number 1049: EBONY
May 4, Number 1050: VALUE
Daily Wordle Tips
I’ve written a lot about Wordle – from covering his 1000th word to my list of the best opening words to a useful two-step strategy to news about contradictory word changes. I’ve even rounded up what i learned playing the hit online word puzzle all year. So if you’re rethinking your need for the actual answer, you can try advice from one of these stories.
Still need an opening word? One person told me they just look around and pick a five-letter object they spot to use as a starting word — like SOFA or CHAIR. I tend to stick to beginning words that have the most popular letters used in English words. I like TRAIN to begin with, although I have a friend who uses TRAIL. I have read these people use the financial term ROATEbut I like to use words I actually know.
What is Wordle?
If you read this far, you know how to play. You have six chances to guess a five-letter word, and the game gives you feedback on whether or not the letters you guessed are in the puzzle, and whether they’re in the same place you guessed they are. New York Times buy the game from creator Josh Wardle for seven figures in 2022. Wardle famously created the game for his partner and let her narrow the 12,000 five-letter words in the English language down to just 2,500, creating the database of answers. It was also convenient that he had a name that acted as a ‘word’.
A Times spokesman told me the first Wordle appears on June 19, 2021, and the paper celebrated the game’s 1000th word on March 15th. Spoiler: That 1000th word was ERUPT. As in “Dad will explode if Wordle is so healthy he loses his streak.”
There are other fun games in the Times Games stable. mine the newest dependency is Connections, which I think is more complicated than Wordle. This is the game where you look at a grid of 16 words and try to fit them into four groups of related words. Sometimes the connections between words are pretty obvious — like the time when all four words started with rock bands, like “Rushmore” and “journeyman.” (Relationships got a little cheeky on April Fools’ Day with puzzle with all emoticons. Some gamers did NOT find this funny.)
Spelling contest is also a popular Times game. And there’s a new game that’s still in beta, Kitchuriwhich I am trying to master.
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