NYT Wordle today — answer and my hints for game #1477, Saturday, July 5
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It’s time for your guide to today’s Wordle answer, featuring my commentary on the latest puzzle, plus a selection of hints designed to help you keep your streak going.
Don’t think you need any clues for Wordle today? No problem, just skip to my daily column. But remember: failure in this game is only ever six guesses away.
Want more word-based fun? TechRadar’s Quordle today page contains hints and answers for that game, and you can also take a look at our NYT Strands today and NYT Connections today pages for our verdict on two of the New York Times’ other brainteasers.
SPOILER WARNING: Today’s Wordle answer and hints are below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to see them.
Your Wordle expert
Your Wordle expert
Marc McLaren
Wordle hints (game #1477) – clue #1 – Vowels
How many vowels does today’s Wordle have?
• Wordle today has vowels in two places*.
* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).
Wordle hints (game #1477) – clue #2 – first letter
What letter does today’s Wordle begin with?
• The first letter in today’s Wordle answer is B.
B is a very, very common starting letter in Wordle. In fact, it’s the third most common overall, behind only S and C.
• There are no repeated letters in today’s Wordle.
Repeated letters are quite common in the game, with 748 of the 2,309 Wordle answers containing one. However, it’s still more likely that a Wordle doesn’t have one.
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Wordle hints (game #1477) – clue #4 – ending letter
What letter does today’s Wordle end with?
• The last letter in today’s Wordle is R.
R is a very common letter to end a Wordle answer – it’s actually the 4th most common there, behind E, Y and T.
Wordle hints (game #1477) – clue #5 – last chance
Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here’s an extra one for game #1477.
Today’s Wordle answer is a farming machine.
If you just want to know today’s Wordle answer now, simply scroll down – but I’d always recommend trying to solve it on your own first. We’ve got lots of Wordle tips and tricks to help you, including a guide to the best Wordle start words.
If you don’t want to know today’s answer then DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER BECAUSE IT IS PRINTED BELOW. So don’t say you weren’t warned!
Today’s Wordle answer (game #1477)
(Image credit: New York Times)
NYT average score: 4.7
My score: 4
WordleBot’s score: 4
My skill score: 91
My luck score: 51
My start word performance: CLAMP (138 remaining answers)
WordleBot’s start word performance: CRANE (87)
Tomorrow’s start word: OUTGO
Today’s Wordle answer (game #1477) is… BALER.
Some days you just know people are going to struggle as soon as you see the answer. Today is one of those days.
I mean, come on, BALER! BALER? BALER. When did you last use that word in a sentence? Have you ever used that word in a sentence? I’m pretty sure that I haven’t.
There are of course some people who will use BALER on a regular basis, namely farmers. I do not know what the percentage is of Wordlers who are also farmers. Presumably it’s not really high, though, because today’s Wordle answer has an average score of 4.7.
Usually, that would make it the most difficult game of the week – but POPPY just two days ago had a 4.8 rating, so BALER does not quite achieve that status.
It’s still a toughie, though, as most ER games are. The letters are all common – or rather, four of them are, because B is only middling. However, it is the third most likely letter to start an answer, a fact that always surprises me. But if you don’t believe me, check out my analysis of every Wordle answer – it’s true!
I managed to score a four, so am far happier than I was for POPPY, but I did have a slice of luck with my start word. That was CLAMP, and it gave me a yellow L and A. Yes, it left 138 options still – but it set me on my way, and when I followed up with STEAL I uncovered an E, too.
I now had three yellows, and limited ways in which I could arrange them. WordleBot told me later than I now had 24 words left, but I cut that to only one when I played LARGE next. I got lucky, admittedly – I could still have had a four-way choice if the letters had fallen differently – but I reckon I was due a bit of good fortune. Hopefully you had some too.
In a different time zone where it’s still Friday? Don’t worry – I can give you some clues for Wordle #1476, too.
Wordle yesterday had vowels in two places.
* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).
The first letter in yesterday’s Wordle answer was C.
C is a very common starting letter in Wordle – in fact, it’s the second most common of all, behind only S.
There were no repeated letters in yesterday’s Wordle.
Repeated letters are quite common in the game, with 748 of the 2,309 Wordle answers containing one. However, it’s still more likely that a Wordle doesn’t have one.
The last letter in yesterday’s Wordle was E.
E is the most common letter to end a Wordle answer by far. That’s one of the reasons why many of the best start words, including SLATE, CRANE, CRATE and STARE, all end with one.
Still looking for more Wordle hints? Here’s an extra one for game #1476.
Yesterday’s Wordle answer is something you don’t want to be behind.
Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #1476)
(Image credit: New York Times)
NYT average score: 3.7
My score: 4
WordleBot’s score: 3
My skill score: 96
My luck score: 32
My start word performance: STEAL (404 remaining answers)
This game could not really be much more different from Thursday’s. Where POPPY was a monster of a puzzle, with a triple P and an average score of 4.8, CURVE is a far more approachable Wordle in almost every way.
I say ‘almost’, because it does contain an uncommon letter, V, but that’s more than offset by the fact that it starts with the very common C, ends with the most common letter of all, E, and includes an R too.
All three of those letters feature in CRANE, WordleBot’s favorite start word and one of the most popular among the general public too. That left only three possible solutions – CHORE, CURSE and CURVE – and therefore a chance of a two and an almost guaranteed three. The only risk of a four would have been if you had played CHORE second, but hopefully most people in this scenario would have realized that and gone with one of the other two instead.
I didn’t have such a lucky start, and that’s an understatement and a half: STEAL left 404 answers for me to whittle down.
With a yellow E and R not yet played, I went with DONER to guard against it being an ER word. This successfully uncovered the R, but left both letters yellow and a pool of 29 options still.
There was a very, very strong possibility that the E would go at the end, and I was also pretty certain that the R would go in position #2 for the likes of PRIZE, PRICE and PRIME, or CREME, CRIME and CREPE.
I went with PRIME in the end, and it did the job to an extent – confirming the E, but not the R. That still left four words, which the ‘Bot told me later were CURVE, VERGE, VERVE and REVUE, but I didn’t think of the last of those.
I had the others, though, and was fairly sure both VERGE and VERVE had been past Wordle answers, so went with CURVE. My memory was not playing tricks on me this time – they had both appeared previously.
So had REVUE, as it happens – as recently as February this year – so I had in effect already solved the game without realizing. I didn’t know that until after, though, so was pleased when all four letters turned green to give me a very acceptable four given that start.
Wordle answers: The past 50
I’ve been playing Wordle every day for more than three years now and have tracked all of the previous answers so I can help you improve your game. Here are the last 50 solutions starting with yesterday’s answer, or check out my past Wordle answers page for the full list.
Wordle #1476, Friday 4 July: CURVE
Wordle #1475, Thursday 3 July: POPPY
Wordle #1474, Wednesday 2 July: INCUR
Wordle #1473, Tuesday 1 July: MOLDY
Wordle #1472, Monday 30 June: BLINK
Wordle #1471, Sunday 29 June: WITTY
Wordle #1470, Saturday 28 June: STUMP
Wordle #1469, Friday 27 June: PLAIN
Wordle #1468, Thursday 26 June: OFFER
Wordle #1467, Wednesday 25 June: COMFY
Wordle #1466, Tuesday 24 June: ELITE
Wordle #1465, Monday 23 June: ODDLY
Wordle #1464, Sunday 22 June: THRUM
Wordle #1463, Saturday 21 June: GLADE
Wordle #1462, Friday 20 June: TAUPE
Wordle #1461, Thursday 19 June: CURIO
Wordle #1460, Wednesday 18 June: MUNCH
Wordle #1459, Tuesday 17 June: PRANK
Wordle #1458, Monday 16 June: PETTY
Wordle #1457, Sunday 15 June: QUAIL
Wordle #1456, Saturday 14 June: GHOST
Wordle #1455, Friday 13 June: BILGE
Wordle #1454, Thursday 12 June: VIXEN
Wordle #1453, Wednesday 11 June: PLAID
Wordle #1452, Tuesday 10 June: TAFFY
Wordle #1451, Monday 9 June: BOARD
Wordle #1450, Sunday 8 June: LEASE
Wordle #1449, Saturday 7 June: REUSE
Wordle #1448, Friday 6 June: EDIFY
Wordle #1447, Thursday 5 June: DATUM
Wordle #1446, Wednesday 4 June: CEASE
Wordle #1445, Tuesday 3 June: ADMIN
Wordle #1444, Monday 2 June: PREEN
Wordle #1443, Sunday 1 June: ROUGH
Wordle #1442, Saturday 31 May: HABIT
Wordle #1441, Friday 30 May: IDIOM
Wordle #1440, Thursday 29 May: QUASH
Wordle #1439, Wednesday 28 May: POLAR
Wordle #1438, Tuesday 27 May: SPORT
Wordle #1437, Monday 26 May: DRONE
Wordle #1436, Sunday 25 May: GRIFT
Wordle #1435, Saturday 24 May: SUEDE
Wordle #1434, Friday 23 May: SHUCK
Wordle #1433, Thursday 22 May: FOLIO
Wordle #1432, Wednesday 21 May: ALARM
Wordle #1431, Tuesday 20 May: BORNE
Wordle #1430, Monday 19 May: PITCH
Wordle #1429, Sunday 18 May: LIVID
Wordle #1428, Saturday 17 May: GROWN
Wordle #1427, Friday 16 May: FIFTH
Wordle #1426, Thursday 15 May: EAGER
What is Wordle?
If you’re on this page then you almost certainly know what Wordle is already, and indeed have probably been playing it for a while. And even if you’ve not been playing it, you must surely have heard of it by now, because it’s the viral word game phenomenon that took the world by storm in 2022 and is still going strong in 2025.
We’ve got a full guide to the game in our What is Wordle page, but if you just want a refresher then here are the basics.
What is Wordle?
Wordle challenges you to guess a new five-letter word each day. You get six guesses, with each one revealing a little more information. If one of the letters in your guess is in the answer and in the right place, it turns green. If it’s in the answer but in the wrong place, it turns yellow. And if it’s not in the answer at all it turns gray. Simple, eh?
It’s played online via the Wordle website or the New York Times’ Games app (iOS / Android), and is entirely free.
Crucially, the answer is the same for everyone each day, meaning that you’re competing against the rest of the world, rather than just against yourself or the game. The puzzle then resets each day at midnight in your local time, giving you a new challenge, and the chance to extend your streak.
What are the Wordle rules?
The rules of Wordle are pretty straightforward, but with a couple of curveballs thrown in for good measure.
1. Letters that are in the answer and in the right place turn green.
2. Letters that are in the answer but in the wrong place turn yellow.
3. Letters that are not in the answer turn gray.
4. Answers are never plural.
5. Letters can appear more than once. So if your guess includes two of one letter, they may both turn yellow, both turn green, or one could be yellow and the other green.
6. Each guess must be a valid word in Wordle’s dictionary. You can’t guess ABCDE, for instance.
7. You do not have to include correct letters in subsequent guesses unless you play on Hard mode.
8. You have six guesses to solve the Wordle.
9. You must complete the daily Wordle before midnight in your timezone.
10. All answers are drawn from Wordle’s list of 2,309 solutions. However…
11. Wordle will accept a wider pool of words as guesses – some 10,000 of them. For instance, you can guess a plural such as WORDS. It definitely won’t be right (see point 4 above), but Wordle will accept it as a guess.
12. The NYT has added in some of its own words, that weren’t in that list of 2,309 solutions. More will undoubtedly come over the next few years.
Looking for a different day? A new NYT Wordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Friday’s puzzle instead then click here. It’s time for your guide…
