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Most players find uncovering today’s Wordle answer to be a little tricky. According to the New York Times’ WordleBot, most players complete Wordle #1,460 in 3.7 moves in easy mode, or 3.6 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, #1,460, in case you’re reading this in a different time zone.
So be warned: spoilers lie ahead for game #1,461, 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 three of the five vowels.*
- There are no repeated characters.
- It features two 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 is an unusual find.
The answer to Wordle #1,461 starts with C, 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…
So, what is today’s Wordle answer for game #1,461?
Drumroll, please — it’s CURIO.
Hello Wordlers. Today, I defied the odds to be without a green letter for the first three turns, despite having two yellows on my first go.
I began, as usual, by playing ORATE, which contains all five of the most common Wordle letters. Today, it was modestly effective, turning both ‘O’ and ‘R’ yellow, and leaving 62 possible answers, according to WordleBot.
Naturally, the Bot’s best Wordle start words were more efficient. TRACE leaves 28 answers, while CRATE lowers that to 13. If you opened with CARET, just eight options would be left in play.
I try to deploy a mix of ‘L’, ‘I’, ‘S’, ‘N’, and ‘C’ on my second turn, and I was able to maximize that strategy with three of them today.
I played SCORN, which ruled out my two existing characters in a new spot each, while adding a yellow ‘C’ to the mix. Just seven options remained, according to WordleBot*.
Unfortunately, I picked one of the wrong options first, typing in ROCKY. This shuffled all of my yellow letters around, meaning that ‘R’ could only sit in third or last spot, ‘O’ in fourth or last, and ‘C’ in first, fourth or last.
Only one word fit that with my remaining letters, and it took me a while to think of it. I got it in the end, though: CURIO.
Hopefully you didn’t have to struggle too hard for this one, Wordlers. See you tomorrow.
* These were: COLOR, PORCH, CORGI, BORIC, ROCKY, CURIO and CORKY.