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We'll update this article daily. The hints and answers today are for April 9th, 2024, or Wordle #1025. The answer to yesterday's Wordle—#1024—was Breed.
Hints for Today's Wordle
Here are some hints to help you guess the answer without giving away too much:
- There are two vowels
- There is one letter that is repeated.
- Something you do while driving.
What Letter Does Today's Wordle Start With?
Still stuck? The first letter of today's Wordle is M.
What Is Today's Wordle Answer?
The answer to the Wordle on April 9th is: Merge.
Merriam-Webster defines merge as "to cause to combine, unite, or coalesce" or "to blend gradually by stages that blur distinctions." It can also mean "to become combined into one."
Merge derives from the Latin word mergere. Meregere means "to dip, dip in, immerse, plunge."
What Were the Previous Wordle Answers?
If you missed a game, here is a list of Wordle answers from the last week.
Date | Wordle Game # | Wordle Answer |
|---|---|---|
04/08/2024 | 1024 | Breed |
04/07/2024 | 1023 | Voila |
04/06/2024 | 1022 | Finch |
04/05/2024 | 1021 | Wrist |
04/04/2024 | 1020 | Climb |
04/03/2024 | 1019 | Plait |
04/02/2024 | 1018 | Serum |
How Do You Get Wordle?
The most important thing you can do to finish a Wordle without running out of guesses is to pick a great starting word.
Mathematicians, linguists, and cryptographers have all attempted to suss out which word is the best to start a Wordle, and there are plenty of well-reasoned opinions out there. A duo of researchers from MIT published a paper that concluded that salet is the best first word you can pick. The New York Times itself recommends slate, crane, or trace. A programmer, Tyler Glaiel, narrowed it down to roate and raise. So, if you're looking just to try some words out, consider:
- Salet
- Crane
- Slate
- Trace
- Roate
- Raise
If you don't want to use those, however, here are some ways to pick your own openers.
I typically start with the word raise for those reasons, and that is a choice backed by some number crunchers. A good second guess depends on how well your first word did. If you got nothing with raise, for example, you should just assume that O and U are the vowels in the word and guess accordingly.
What Are the Best Wordle Alternatives?
The viral success of Wordle has lead to a ton of Wordle alternatives and clones. Some of our immediate favorites are:
- Quordle - Much like Wordle, but you have to solve four words simultaneously.
- Octordle - Another game very similar to Wordle, but you have to solve eight words.
- Skribbl.io - Skribbl is a bit like an online Pictionary. One person draws, and then everyone has to guess what they drew.
- Hangman - Hangman is a classic word game. You have a limited number of guesses to figure out a word, or you lose.
- Waffle - Waffle is reminiscent of a mashup of Scrabble and Wordle. You have to rearrange letters on a Waffle space to spell six different words.
- Tradle - Instead of guessing words, you guess countries based on their exports.
This isn't an exhaustive list by any means, either. There are a ton out there now. Discord, a communications app popular among gamers, has a few word games built into it that you can play with your friends. The New York Times also has other games you can try, like Spelling Bee, or Connections.
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