Today’s Wordle Hint for July 26, #1133 Is to Think of an Uncommon Word [CNET]

The Wordle No. 1133, for July 26 isn’t a word you likely use every day.

The Wordle No. 1133, for July 26 isn’t a word you likely use every day.

I thought today’s Wordle answer was kind of fun, but I’ll admit, it’s not a word I use every day. Still, the letters were fairly common, so it wasn’t too difficult. If you need hints and the Wordle answer for today, read on.

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

Also, we’ve ranked all the letters in the alphabet by popularity, if you want to use this list to decide on your best start words.

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 one repeated letter.

Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels

There is one vowel in today’s Wordle answer, but it’s the repeated letter, so you’ll see it twice.

Wordle hint No. 3: First letter

Today’s Wordle answer starts with the letter A.

Wordle hint No. 4: Hidden word

If you remove the first letter from the Wordle answer, you get a separate word entirely.

Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning

Today’s Wordle answer usually refers to when something is flooded or covered with water.

TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER

Today’s Wordle answer is AWASH.

Yesterday’s Wordle answer

Yesterday’s Wordle answer, July 25, No. 1132, was PORCH.

Past Wordle answers

July 21, No. 1128: SPECK

July 22, No. 1129: CADET

July 23, No. 1130: PRONG

July 24, No. 1131: FORTE

Everyday Wordle tips

I’ve written a lot about Wordle — from covering its 1,000th word to my list of the best starter words to a helpful two-step strategy to news about controversial word changes. I’ve even rounded up what I learned playing the hit online word puzzle for a full year. So if you’re rethinking your need for the actual answer, you might try tips from one of those stories.

Still need a starter word? One person told me they just look around and choose a five-letter object that they’ve spotted to use as their starter word — such as COUCH or CHAIR. I tend to stick to starter words that have the most popular letters used in English words. I like TRAIN as a starter, though I have a friend who uses TRAIL. I’ve read that people use the financial term ROATE, but I like to use words I actually know.

What is Wordle?

If you read this far, you know how to play. You have six chances to guess a five-letter word, and the game gives you feedback as to whether the letters you’ve guessed are in the puzzle or not, and if they’re in the same spot where you guessed they are. The New York Times bought the game from creator Josh Wardle for seven figures in 2022. Wardle famously created the game for his partner, and let her narrow down the 12,000 five-letter words in the English language to just 2,500, creating the database of answers. It was convenient, too, that he has a name that plays off “word.”

A Times spokesperson told me it lists the very first Wordle as appearing 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 tough he loses his streak.”