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Today’s Wordle puzzle might trip a lot of people up, and even break some streaks. The first letter isn’t one that I see in a lot of starter words, and the word itself doesn’t come quickly to my mind. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on.
Today’s Wordle hints
Before we show you today’s Wordle answer, we’ll give you some hints. If you don’t want a spoiler, look away now.
Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats
Today’s Wordle answer has no repeated letters.
Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels
There are two vowels in today’s Wordle answer.
Wordle hint No. 3: First letter
Today’s Wordle answer begins with F.
Wordle hint No. 4: Letter placement
The two vowels in today’s Wordle answer are next to each other.
Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning
Today’s Wordle answer can refer to imposing something that is unwelcome.
Why is Wordle 1,487 trending on X?
Apparently, today’s Wordle word itself is an unwelcome something. Complaints are rife on X that this one-word vocab test had players stumped. “A word I’ve never used in my 50 year existence,” wrote one frustrated Wordler. “I swear that’s not a real word,” griped another. But some people did solve it, even if they didn’t know the word going in. Said one lucky soul: “Who knew my first guess would lead to the a mysterious word I never heard of in four?”
TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER
Today’s Wordle answer is FOIST.
Yesterday’s Wordle answer
Yesterday’s Wordle answer, July 14, No. 1486 was UNDID.
Recent Wordle answers
July 10, No. 1482: JUMPY
July 11, No. 1483: BRAND
July 12, No. 1484: EXILE
July 13, No. 1485: GNOME
Quick tips for Wordle
1. Check our list ranking the popularity of all the letters in the alphabet and choose your starter words accordingly. (TRAIN, STERN and AUDIO are good.)
2. Don’t forget that letters can be used more than once.
3. Many words are similar. You don’t want to use up multiple guesses that don’t advance your cause. So if the puzzle is STA_E, don’t guess STARE, STATE and STALE. Guess something that uses that R, T and L, like TWIRL.
