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It’s time for your guide to today’s Wordle answer, featuring my commentary on the latest puzzle, plus a selection of hints designed to help you keep your streak going.
Don’t think you need any clues for Wordle today? No problem, just skip to my daily column. But remember: failure in this game is only ever six guesses away.
Want more word-based fun? TechRadar’s Quordle today page contains hints and answers for that game, and you can also take a look at our NYT Strands today and NYT Connections today pages for our verdict on two of the New York Times’ other brainteasers.
SPOILER WARNING: Today’s Wordle answer and hints are below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to see them.
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Wordle hints (game #1545) – clue #1 – VowelsHow many vowels does today’s Wordle have?• Wordle today has vowels in two places*.
* 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 #1545) – clue #2 – first letterWhat letter does today’s Wordle begin with?• The first letter in today’s Wordle answer is C.
C is a very common starting letter in Wordle – in fact, it’s the second most common of all, behind only S.
Wordle hints (game #1545) – clue #3 – repeated lettersDoes 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.
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Wordle hints (game #1545) – clue #4 – ending letterWhat letter does today’s Wordle end with?• The last letter in today’s Wordle is R.
R is a very common letter to end a Wordle answer – it’s actually the 4th most common there, behind E, Y and T.
Wordle hints (game #1545) – clue #5 – last chanceStill looking for more Wordle hints today? Here’s an extra one for game #1545.
Today’s Wordle answer is an item of furniture.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 #1545)
(Image credit: New York Times)NYT average score: 3.2My score: 3WordleBot’s score: 3My skill score: 99My luck score: 77My start word performance: RIPEN (63 remaining answers)WordleBot’s start word performance: SLATE (60)Tomorrow’s start word: STOOPToday’s Wordle answer (game #1545) is… CHAIR.
Beyond adding in new words from time to time, I don’t know how much the NYT messes with the Wordle answer list.
The 2,309 original solutions (actually 2,315 initially, but six were removed when the NYT bought it) were loaded into the game when it was created by Josh Wardle, so you could theoretically play a game from 2026 now if you wanted to.
Anyway, the random nature of the words’ ordering means you sometimes get runs of very hard games – or very easy ones. And right now, it’s the latter that we’re enjoying.
CHAIR has an average score of only 3.2 at the time of writing – the same as TRICK two days ago, and slightly lower than the 3.4 for both TENOR and CHIRP.
Those games have contributed to a ridiculously low overall average for the past week of just 3.52 – nearly half a guess below the all-time average of 3.96. I’d be surprised if too many regular Wordlers have scored anything other than two, three or four this week.
Some will have been luckier than others, of course – for instance those who began today with CRANE, which left only five solutions. My random opener RIPER left a much higher total of 63, but that’s hardly daunting considering that I’ve had more than 1,500 at times.
With E and N ruled out, I figured there was a good chance the word would end in either T, L or Y. TRAIL enabled me to included two of those, while placing the R in its most common position and adding in an A.
“Terrific choice”, said WordleBot – and it was. TRAIL turned the A and I green, and effectively did the same with the R, because it now had to be at the end.
AIR is not a common three-letter ending, in that there are only three of them: CHAIR, FLAIR and STAIR. As luck would have it, I’d just ruled out T and L with TRAIL, so that left CHAIR as the only possible solution, meaning I scored my three.
Yesterday’s Wordle hints (game #1544)In a different time zone where it’s still Wednesday? Don’t worry – I can give you some clues for Wordle #1544, too.
Wordle yesterday had vowels in two places.* 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).
The first letter in yesterday’s Wordle answer was P.P is a very common first letter among Wordle answers. It’s the fifth most common in the alphabet and begins 141 solutions in total.
There were no repeated letters in yesterday’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.
The last letter in yesterday’s Wordle was Y.Y is the second most common ending letter in the game, behind only E. In total, 364 Wordle answers end with a Y.
Still looking for more Wordle hints? Here’s an extra one for game #1544.
Yesterday’s Wordle answer is an expression of displeasure.Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #1544)
(Image credit: New York Times)NYT average score: 3.8My score: 3WordleBot’s score: 4My skill score: 91My luck score: 80My start word performance: FRUIT (22 remaining answers)WordleBot’s start word performance: SLATE (44)Tomorrow’s start word: RIPENYesterday’s Wordle answer (game #1544) was… POUTY.
I don’t like POUTY as an answer. It’s one of those silly add-a-Y-to-a-word answers that seems a bit too close to just adding a D or an S – many, many words can have a Y added at the end like that, so why POUTY and not any one of about a thousand others? They can’t all be answers – or rather, they aren’t all answers. It’s just a bit random.
Anyway, I shouldn’t complain, because I scored a three despite it having a medium difficulty as evidenced by its average score of 3.8.
Things played out in straightforward fashion: my start word was FRUIT, and that left only 22 answers.
I did a bit of thinking, and came up with TOUCH, TOUGH, STUNG, STUCK, STUDY, STUMP, SOUTH, MOUTH and – yes – POUTY. It wasn’t a comprehensive list, but it was enough to give me a good steer.
I decided to play CHOMP, which WordleBot said was only “solid”, but it did the trick and left only the one solution. That was POUTY, so I played it next for a fuss-free three.
Wordle answers: The past 50I’ve been playing Wordle every day for more than three years 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 #1544, Wednesday 10 September: POUTYWordle #1543, Tuesday 9 September: TRICKWordle #1542, Monday 8 September: CHIRPWordle #1541, Sunday 7 September: TENORWordle #1540, Saturday 6 September: BULGEWordle #1539, Friday 5 September: DRIFTWordle #1538, Thursday 4 September: BLENDWordle #1537, Wednesday 3 September: FETCHWordle #1536, Tuesday 2 September: MIGHTWordle #1535, Monday 1 September: LEASTWordle #1534, Sunday 31 August: PETALWordle #1533, Saturday 30 August: ELATEWordle #1532, Friday 29 August: GRAFTWordle #1531, Thursday 28 August: SPLITWordle #1530, Wednesday 27 August: TOWERWordle #1529, Tuesday 26 August: ANNEXWordle #1528, Monday 25 August: MIRTHWordle #1527, Sunday 24 August: SPOREWordle #1526, Saturday 23 August: UNIONWordle #1525, Friday 22 August: RATTYWordle #1524, Thursday 21 August: EXTOLWordle #1523, Wednesday 20 August: LLAMAWordle #1522, Tuesday 19 August: ROWDYWordle #1521, Monday 18 August: ISSUEWordle #1520, Sunday 17 August: LOUSYWordle #1519, Saturday 16 August: MATTEWordle #1518, Friday 15 August: LEVELWordle #1517, Thursday 14 August: KNELLWordle #1516, Wednesday 13 August: KEFIRWordle #1515, Tuesday 12 August: NOMADWordle #1514, Monday 11 August: SOUTHWordle #1513, Sunday 10 August: MINTYWordle #1512, Saturday 9 August: NASALWordle #1511, Friday 8 August: IMBUEWordle #1510, Thursday 7 August: CORALWordle #1509, Wednesday 6 August: GROANWordle #1508, Tuesday 5 August: STORKWordle #1507, Monday 4 August: RIGIDWordle #1506, Sunday 3 August: LUMPYWordle #1505, Saturday 2 August: DAUNTWordle #1504, Friday 1 August: BANJOWordle #1503, Thursday 31 July: FRILLWordle #1502, Wednesday 30 July: ASSAYWordle #1501, Tuesday 29 July: OMEGAWordle #1500, Monday 28 July: SAVVYWordle #1499, Sunday 27 July: WHOLEWordle #1498, Saturday 26 July: HAUNTWordle #1497, Friday 25 July: GOFERWordle #1496, Thursday 24 July: QUAKEWordle #1495, Wednesday 23 July: WATERWhat 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 in 2022 and is still going strong in 2025.
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’ Games 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.
4b… Unless they are. There have been a couple of plural words that don’t end in an S, including FUNGI (game #439) and ATRIA (#1478)
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.
12. The NYT has added in some of its own words which weren’t in that list of 2,309 solutions. More will undoubtedly come over the next few years.
Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief, the latest in a long line of senior editorial roles he’s held in a career that started the week that Google launched (nice of them to mark the occasion). Prior to joining TR, he was UK Editor in Chief on Tom’s Guide, where he oversaw all gaming, streaming, audio, TV, entertainment, how-to and cameras coverage. He’s also a former editor of the tech website Stuff and spent five years at the music magazine NME, where his duties mainly involved spoiling other people’s fun. He’s based in London, and has tested and written about phones, tablets, wearables, streaming boxes, smart home devices, Bluetooth speakers, headphones, games, TVs, cameras and pretty much every other type of gadget you can think of. An avid photographer, Marc likes nothing better than taking pictures of very small things (bugs, his daughters) or very big things (distant galaxies). He also enjoys live music, gaming, cycling, and beating Wordle (he authors the daily Wordle today page).
