{"id":4768,"date":"2026-08-26T06:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/wordle\/?page_id=4768"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:57:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:57:42","slug":"tips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/wordle\/tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips &amp; Stats &amp; FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-0aa01211 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-accent-background-color has-background has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/wordle\/feedback\/general\/\">General Feedback<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-accent-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/wordle\/after-party\/\">After Party<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Updated: Sep 10<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ff-live-users\" class=\"ff-live-style-1\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n<h4 id=\"play-tips\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-accent-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1\"><strong>Play Tips<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TIP 1: Guess new vs past words as a tie breaker. <\/strong><br \/>\nIf you think of two answers and one is on the list, choose the \u201cnew\u201d word. NYT said new words will be more common than repeat words for now. So either answer could be right, but new words are still more likely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TIP 2: Use old vs recent as a tie breaker. <\/strong><br \/> Choose older past answers over recent past answers. Repeat answers so far are mainly from year 1. See stats below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TIP 3: Check CHRON list for the last repeat date.<\/strong> If a repeat (@) was in past few days, we are not likely to have a repeat today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TIP 4: Repeat answers are least likely to repeat again. <\/strong><br \/>\nIf you see the \u201c@&#8221; repeat mark on a past answer, it isn\u2019t likely going to be used a third time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/wordle\/feedback\/general\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"175\">General Feedback<\/a> and the <a href=\"\/wordle\/after-party\/\">After Party<\/a> for lots of discussion!<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"\/>\n<h4 id=\"repeat-stats\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-accent-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2\"><strong>Repeat Stats<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daily repeat counts based on the number of days since last repeat:<br \/><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#b0e0e6\" class=\"has-inline-color\">low<\/mark><\/strong> (1 to 4) has 4<br \/><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffa500\" class=\"has-inline-color\">medium<\/mark><\/strong> (5 to 9) has 7 <br \/><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffff00\" class=\"has-inline-color\">high<\/mark><\/strong> (10 or higher) has 11<\/p>\n<style>\n.wordle-repeats {\nwidth: 100%;\nborder-collapse: collapse;\nfont-size: 14px;\n}\n.wordle-repeats th,\n.wordle-repeats td {\npadding: 4px 0px;\nborder-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\nvertical-align: top;\n}\n.wordle-repeats th:first-child,\n.wordle-repeats td:first-child {\ntext-align: left;\n}\n.wordle-repeats th:not(:first-child),\n.wordle-repeats td:not(:first-child) {\ntext-align: center;\nwhite-space: nowrap;\n}\n.wordle-repeats .avg-row td {\nfont-weight: 600;\nborder-top: 2px solid #000;\n}\n@media (max-width: 480px) {\n.wordle-repeats-x th:nth-child(4),\n.wordle-repeats-x td:nth-child(4),\n.wordle-repeats-x th:nth-child(5),\n.wordle-repeats-x td:nth-child(5) {\ndisplay: none;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"wordle-repeats\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Repeat<\/th>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>Seq<br \/>#<\/th>\n<th>Days<br \/>\u0394<\/th>\n<th>Repeat<br \/>Rate*<\/th>\n<th>Prior<br \/>#<\/th>\n<th>Prior<br \/>Yr<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>CIGAR<\/td>\n<td>02\/02\/26<\/td>\n<td>1689<\/td>\n<td>n\/a<\/td>\n<td>n\/a<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SQUAD<\/td>\n<td>02\/17\/26<\/td>\n<td>1704<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>13.3%<\/td>\n<td>296<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AWAKE<\/td>\n<td>02\/21\/26<\/td>\n<td>1708<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>15.8%<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>LINEN<\/td>\n<td>03\/03\/26<\/td>\n<td>1718<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>13.8%<\/td>\n<td>51<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GRADE<\/td>\n<td>03\/15\/26<\/td>\n<td>1730<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>12.2%<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IVORY<\/td>\n<td>03\/27\/26<\/td>\n<td>1742<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>11.3%<\/td>\n<td>59<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>COMET<\/td>\n<td>03\/30\/26<\/td>\n<td>1745<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>12.5%<\/td>\n<td>122<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SANDY<\/td>\n<td>04\/04\/26<\/td>\n<td>1750<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>13.1%<\/td>\n<td>1226<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>STAND<\/td>\n<td>04\/19\/26<\/td>\n<td>1765<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>11.8%<\/td>\n<td>57<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BRING<\/td>\n<td>05\/02\/26<\/td>\n<td>1778<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>11.1%<\/td>\n<td>164<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CLOCK<\/td>\n<td>05\/12\/26<\/td>\n<td>1788<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>11.0%<\/td>\n<td>160<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AGREE<\/td>\n<td>05\/21\/26<\/td>\n<td>1797<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>11.0%<\/td>\n<td>70<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SMILE<\/td>\n<td>05\/30\/26<\/td>\n<td>1806<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>11.0%<\/td>\n<td>830<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>THUMB<\/td>\n<td>06\/07\/26<\/td>\n<td>1814<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>11.1%<\/td>\n<td>115<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BREAK<\/td>\n<td>06\/12\/26<\/td>\n<td>1819<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>10.7%<\/td>\n<td>172<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ACUTE<\/td>\n<td>06\/26\/26<\/td>\n<td>1833<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>11.0%<\/td>\n<td>190<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BATON<\/td>\n<td>07\/03\/26<\/td>\n<td>1840<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>11.2%<\/td>\n<td>183<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>STOUT<\/td>\n<td>07\/13\/26<\/td>\n<td>1850<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>11.1%<\/td>\n<td>65<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FLUME<\/td>\n<td>07\/30\/26<\/td>\n<td>1867<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>10.6%<\/td>\n<td>68<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GRIPE<\/td>\n<td>08\/06\/26<\/td>\n<td>1874<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>10.8%<\/td>\n<td>187<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FEIGN<\/td>\n<td>08\/07\/26<\/td>\n<td>1875<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>11.2%<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TRACE<\/td>\n<td>08\/21\/26<\/td>\n<td>1889<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>11.0%<\/td>\n<td>179<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CLICK<\/td>\n<td>08\/25\/26<\/td>\n<td>1893<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>11.2%<\/td>\n<td>134<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"avg-row\">\n<td>23 <br \/>repeats<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>205 <br \/>days<\/td>\n<td>9.3 <br \/>avg<\/td>\n<td>11.2% <br \/>rate<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #555; margin-top: 6px;\">\n*Repeat Rate cumulative: total repeat words \u00f7 (last Seq# \u2212 first Seq#).<br \/>\nThus the final row\u2019s Rate equals the overall average.\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"\/>\n<h4 id=\"light-dark-mode\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-accent-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3\"><strong>Light Dark Mode<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Set Light \/ Dark \/ Auto mode. <br \/>Auto responds to your device settings.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"dark-mode-toggle\" \n        style=\"background: #36c2cb; border: none; font-size: 1 rem; cursor: pointer; padding: 8px 12px; min-width: 70px;\"><br \/>\n    Auto \ud83c\udf17<br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"\/>\n<h4 id=\"FAQ\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-accent-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4\"><strong>F.A.Q.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>If the answer is a repeat today, why can&#8217;t the list show that?<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Because that is spoiler-ish. It would be a bit of a cheat to get future information and update the &#8220;past&#8221; answers list. I would have to set my computer to play in the future to go get that information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Why is Wordle repeating words? There are so many left.<\/em><\/strong><br \/> An important part of Wordle\u2019s design is it has about 12,000 words you are allowed to guess, but less than 3,000 of those are considered common enough to be answers. The smaller \u201ccommon\u201d answers list is designed so that over 95% of people will \u201cwin\u201d each day. Wordle wants to avoid player frustration. It is the smaller <em>common<\/em> list that is running out and why they have to start repeating words.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Can you signal a repeat word for the day or hide a PU that repeats today?<\/em><\/strong><br \/><em>When other sites started doing this, I thought about it. But it requires future information. Peeking into the future is against the spirit of this &#8220;past list&#8221; site. I also don&#8217;t publish remaining answer lists because that is future information, too.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>What are the numbers after each word?<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nThese are the past answers in order starting with CIGAR #0, REBUT #1, SISSY #2,&nbsp; HUMPH #3, etc. Older answers are more likely to repeat than newer answers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Why do some days have two answers?<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nWhen NYT bought Wordle from Josh Wardle, they made some edits to the list. The way the platform was built, some people would see the original word and some the new word on the same day. Those are footnoted with &#8220;a&#8221; and &#8220;b&#8221;. NYT fixed that issue within a few months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Why does the list not update at midnight?<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nThe list updates at 6 a.m. ET with yesterday&#8217;s word to give time for the Hawaii time zone to finish their day (night.) So the list does update at midnight (in Hawaii.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>What are the blue triangles?<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nThese return you to the A-Z index. Helps jump down and back up the list. Thanks to Aitch &amp; Bill for the idea!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>I think you are missing a word on your list. I remember it being used before.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nI routinely audit the list for accuracy and am glad to check, but there are a dozen or more of the Five Forks List users that keep me honest! You should see what happens when I key the sequence or date number wrong!<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"\/>\n<h4 id=\"after-party\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-accent-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5\"><strong>After Party Tips<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TIP 1:<\/strong> Play Wordle first then visit <em>Today&#8217;s<\/em> After Party to share results, rants, or observations. (avoid peeking into tomorrow).<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TIP 2:<\/strong> Use the Wordle game&#8217;s &gt; See Results &gt; Green share button to copy\/paste your puzzle boxes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized wp-container-content-29dca9c1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/wordle\/files\/2026\/04\/wordle-share-button.png\" alt=\"wordle share button\" class=\"wp-image-5805\" style=\"width:119px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TIP 3:<\/strong> Put an emoji in your texting app and you can copy and paste it. \ud83e\udd73<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-right:0;margin-left:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\"><strong>Tip 4:<\/strong> The &#8220;Today&#8221; button matches your browser time to help. New Zealand and Australia are the first to play &#8220;tomorrow&#8221; so click carefully.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tip 5:<\/strong> Your first comment or reply will be moderated. Once your email (private) is approved, your future posts will auto-publish. You can tweak your name between posts as in adding \/ changing emojis. \ud83d\udc3e<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tip 6:<\/strong> You can set up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gravatar.com\">www.gravatar.com<\/a> account (owned by WordPress) to create your own avatar.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"after-party\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-accent-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6\"><strong>After Party Glossary<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Site Related<\/em><br \/><strong>FF<\/strong> Five Forks site<br \/><strong>CRON<\/strong> the chronological main page, descending<br \/><strong>ALPHA<\/strong> the alphabetical main page, ascending<br \/><strong>BLOCK<\/strong> the compact list on the secondary list page<br \/><strong>AP<\/strong> the After Party daily discussion<br \/><strong>FILTER<\/strong> the two list fields that allow include \/ exclude list narrowing<\/p>\n<p><em>Word Related:<\/em><br \/><strong>PU  <\/strong>past used or previously used answer<br \/><strong>PUL<\/strong> past \/ previously used list<br \/><strong>NU<\/strong> not used before<br \/><strong>OG<\/strong> original answer list when purchased by NYT<br \/><strong>GL<\/strong> Guess List &#8211; the superset of answers Wordle allows. (About 10,000.)<br \/><strong>AL<\/strong> Answer List &#8211; Words within GL that have been used or set for future use and repeats (About 2,500.) Plurals (*s), past tense (*ed), and obscure words may be GL but are not AL.<br \/><strong>ADDS<\/strong> Words added to the GL \/ AL by NYT to expand answer pool, often brought into AL from GL.<\/p>\n<p><em>Solution Share:<\/em><br \/><strong>Grid Art<\/strong> The grid of color answer boxes that looks like something<br \/><strong>Green Flash<\/strong> when you get the answer with no prior greens<br \/><strong>SOG<\/strong> Sea of Greens (badge). No yellows.<br \/><strong>WL<\/strong> Words left &#8211; after a guess, the narrowing words left that could be answers based on the NYT WordleBot or Scoredle.com.   <br \/>\ud83d\udfe5 <strong>Red Square<\/strong> manually pasted into a solution grid to show your error, usually a letter that has already been eliminated.<\/p>\n<p><em>People:<\/em><br \/><strong>TB<\/strong> Tracy Bennett aka &#8220;The Editor&#8221; of Wordle. Our friend and foe.<br \/><strong>JW <\/strong>Josh Wardle &#8211; creator of Wordle<br \/><strong>CHIEF<\/strong> the guy that built <strong>FF<\/strong>.<br \/><strong>BOSS<\/strong> (see Chief)<br \/><strong>JD<\/strong> The CSO of the site.<br \/><strong>CSO<\/strong> Chief Stats Officer<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated: Sep 10 *** Play Tips TIP 1: Guess new vs past words as a tie breaker. If you think of two answers and one is on the list, choose the \u201cnew\u201d word. NYT said new words will be more common than repeat words for now. 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