Today’s Wordle Hints (and Answer) for Monday, October 7, 2024
Continue reading to find the Wordle solution for October 7, 2024. We’ll discuss a few hints, pointers, and tactics before revealing the answer. I completed today’s medium-difficult puzzle in four. Warning: Wordle #1,206 spoilers for October 7 are included below! For today’s Wordle game, scroll down for some clues (and finally the solution).
How to use Wordle
Wordle resides on the website of the New York Times. Every day at midnight, your local time, a new puzzle goes up.
First, guess a word with five letters. If the word is correct, the letters will become green; if the right letter is in the wrong location, it will turn yellow; and if the letter isn’t in the day’s secret word at all, it will turn gray. For additional information, see our Wordle strategy guide here and my strategy guide here. (Further details are provided at the end of this post, following the answers and hints.)
Are you prepared for the clues? Come on!
Are there any odd letters in today’s Wordle?
The letters that appear in the old typesetters’ phrase ETAOIN SHRDLU will be considered common letters. (Remember this! Say it like a name, “Edwin Shirdloo,” and act as though he’s a friend.
Nearly all of these are frequent letters from today’s mnemonic! It’s fairly common, and only one isn’t.
Could you please provide me with a clue for today’s Wordle?
A staple in baking.
Are there any duplicate or repeated letters in today’s Wordle?
Today, no letters are repeated.
What is the number of vowels in today’s Wordle?
Two vowels are present.
Which letter is the first one in today’s Wordle?
Today’s word begins with the letter F.
Which letter marks the conclusion of today’s Wordle?
The word for today ends in R.
What is the answer to the Wordle for today?
Are you ready? The word for today is FLOUR.
How I resolved the Wordle today
After trying RAISE, TOUCH, and BLOND, the only thing left to do was FLOUR.
The Wordle response from yesterday
Wordle was more difficult yesterday. The solution had four common letters and one fairly common letter, and the hint was “a type of beer.”
LAGER was the response to yesterday’s Wordle.
An introduction to the fundamentals of Wordle
Guessing the day’s secret word is the goal of Wordle. A blank grid of letters appears when you initially launch the Wordle game. You have to initiate the action by entering any five-letter word.
You can now use the colors that have been revealed to find word-related clues: Green indicates that you guessed a letter correctly and that it is in the right place. (For instance, the P and R will be green if you guess PARTY when the word is actually PURSE.)
Yellow indicates that the letter is there in the word, but not where you would have expected it to be. (For instance, the R, A, and T will all be yellow if you picked PARTY when the word is actually ROAST.)
Gray indicates that the letter is completely absent from the solution word. (PURSE or ROAST cannot be the answer if you guessed PARTY and everything is gray.)
Keeping all of things in mind, guess one word after another in an attempt to find the right one before your chances run out. The game ends when you have made six predictions.
Wordle’s top starting words
For that initial guess, what game should you play? Common letters are often included in the best starts since they boost the likelihood that you will get yellow and green squares to help you guess. (And it’s still great information to help you rule out possibilities if you predict common letters and receive all grays.) Although there isn’t a single “best” way to begin, the Wordle analysis bot from the New York Times has recommended the following:
CRANE
TRACES
SLANT
CRATE
CARTE
In the meanwhile, according to an MIT analysis, starting with one of these will remove the greatest number of options in the first round:
SALET
EST
TRACES
CRATE
SLATE
ARISE and ROUND could also be excellent choices. More vowels are used in words like ADIEU and AUDIO, but you could counter that it’s preferable to begin with a starting that emphasizes consonants, like RENTS or CLAMP. Select your approach and observe the results.
How to succeed in Wordle
If you’re a serious Wordle player, you might want to go through our several strategy guides. This one discusses how to take advantage of consonants, while this one concentrates on a tactic that makes use of the most widely used letters. We describe a three-pronged strategy in this advanced method for finding hints while increasing your chances of winning fast.
Wordle victors use their predictions to determine which letters are in the word, which is the main difference between them and Wordle losers. Don’t waste four guesses on MOUND, ROUND, SOUND, and HOUND if you know the word must finish in -OUND. Instead, combine those consonants and pick MARSH. You’ll know the answer if the H turns yellow.
To add to the strategy, the game now has an editor who hand-picks the solutions after the NYT purchased it. Previously, Wordle used a list of roughly 2,300 solution words. Sometimes they are topical, and other times they are a little bit difficult words that wouldn’t have been on the original list. One Thanksgiving, for instance, the solution was FEAST. Therefore, remember that there can be a theme.
Wordle substitutes
The top Wordle alternatives, arranged by difficulty, for those who are addicted to five-letter guessing games and their derivatives are:
Wheeldle that allows you to play puzzles one after the other
Both Dordle and Quordle require you to use the same guesses to solve two (Dordle) or four (Quordle) puzzles simultaneously. Additionally, there is Octordle, which has eight riddles, and Sedecordle, which has sixteen.
You play Waffle by switching the letters around until you figure out the many five-letter words that are jumbled on a grid.
Absurdle, which must adhere to its prior feedback while altering the answer with every guess. In order to win, you must carefully back it into a corner until there is only one word remaining. Then, you guess it.
Squabble is a game where you compete against other players while a timer is running. The last person standing wins; if you take too long between guesses, you lose.
Antiwordle, where the goal is to avoid figuring out the day’s solution. The longer it takes you, the better you are at the game because you have to reuse any letters that you (oops) guessed correctly.