Today’s NYT Wordle Tips, Answers, and Help for July 17, #1124 – CNET

There are plenty of other online word games these days, but I still play the New York Times Wordle game every day. These days, it’s not only an old friend, it’s also a great warm-up for Connections, Strands, and the rest. I can usually find the Wordle answer in five tries, but sometimes I get stuck and worry about losing my streak. If you ever get stuck, check out CNET. Our homepage always has the answers for Wordle, Connections, and Strands.

Here’s today’s Connections answer, and here’s the answer for Strands. And will you solve the NYT Mini Crossword? Here’s today’s answer for that.

Additionally, we’ve ranked all the letters of the alphabet by popularity, so you can use this list to help you decide which words are best to start with.

Today’s Wordle Tips

Before we show you today’s Wordle answer, we’ll give you a few hints. If you don’t want a spoiler, look away now.

Wordle hint #1: Repetitions

Today’s Wordle answer contains no repeated letters.

Wordle hint #2: Vowels

There are three vowels in today’s Wordle answer.

Wordle hint #3: Difficult letter

Today’s Wordle answer contains the least used letter in the English alphabet, according to our rankings.

Wordle hint no. 4: Initial letter

Today’s Wordle answer starts with the letter Q.

Wordle hint #5: Meaning

Today’s Wordle answer means absolutely, or completely, or to the utmost.

TODAY’S WORLD WAR RESPONSE

Here comes the spoiler: Today’s Wordle answer is REALLY BAD.

Yesterday’s Wordle Answer

Yesterday’s Wordle answer, July 16, #1123, was DECOY.

Answers from the past

July 12, No. 1119: JIFFY

July 13, No. 1120: ENACT

July 14, No. 1121: VIDEO

July 15, No. 1122: PREGNANCY

Daily Wordle Tips

I’ve written a lot about Wordle — from tackling the 1,000th word to my list of the best starter words to a handy two-step strategy to news about controversial word changes . I’ve even compiled what I learned from playing the popular online word puzzle for an entire year . So if you’re reconsidering your need for the real answer, you can try some tips from one of those stories.

Still need a starter? Someone told me they simply looked around and picked a five-letter object they saw to use as a starter — like COUCH or CHAIR. I usually stick to starters with the most common letters used in English words. I find TRAIN to be a good starter, although I have a friend who uses TRAIL. I’ve read that people use the financial term ROATEbut I prefer to use words that I actually know.

What is Wordle?

If you’ve 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 them. The New York Times bought the game from creator Josh Wardle for seven figures in 2022. Wardle famously created the game for his partner, having her narrow down the 12,000 five-letter words in the English language to just 2,500, which he used to create the database of answers. It was also helpful that it had a name that alluded to “word.”

A Times spokesperson told me that the very first Wordle was released on June 19, 2021, and the paper celebrated the game’s 1,000th word on March 15. Spoiler: That 1,000th word was ERUPT. As in, “Dad will erupt if the Wordle is so strong that he loses his streak.”