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Today’s Wordle puzzle isn’t that tough but it still took me a while to put the fairly common letters in the right order. 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
Today’s Wordle answer has two vowels.
Wordle hint No. 3: Start letter.
Today’s Wordle answer begins with S.
Wordle hint No. 4: Get your compass
Today’s Wordle answer is a direction.
Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning
Today’s Wordle answer describes the area of the US that includes such states as Georgia and Alabama.
TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER
Today’s Wordle answer is SOUTH.
Yesterday’s Wordle answer
Yesterday’s Wordle answer, Aug. 10, No. 1513 was MINTY.
Recent Wordle answers
Aug. 6, No. 1509: GROAN
Aug. 7, No. 1510: CORAL
Aug. 8, No. 1511: IMBUE
Aug. 9, No. 1512: NASAL
What’s the best Wordle starting word?
Don’t be afraid to use our tip sheet ranking all the letters in the alphabet by frequency of uses. In short, you want starter words that lean heavy on E, A and R, and don’t contain Z, J and Q.
Some solid starter words to try:
ADIEU
TRAIN
CLOSE
STARE
NOISE
