Today’s NYT Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Jan. 3 #1659
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Today’s Wordle puzzle describes an unusual object. Beatles fans may know this. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of letters that appear most in English words. If you need clues and answers, keep reading.
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Wordle tips of the day
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 Tip #1: Repetitions
Today’s Wordle answer does not contain any repeated letters.
Word Clue #2: Vowels
Today’s Wordle answer has two vowels.
Wordle Tip #3: First Letter
Today’s Wordle answer starts with S.
Wordle Tip #4: Last Letter
Today’s Wordle answer ends with R.
Wordle Tip #5: Meaning
Today’s Wordle answer may refer to a long-necked Indian lute.
THE WORD OF THE DAY ANSWER
Today’s Wordle answer is SITAR.
Wordle response from yesterday
Wordle’s response yesterday, January 2, #1658, was PROOF.
Wordle’s Recent Replies
December 29, No. 1654: FRUITS
December 30, No. 1655: SCENERY
December 31, No. 1656: MERMAID
January 1, No. 1657: FABLE
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Will Wordle run out of words?
When Wordle began, creator Josh Wardle used a list of five-letter words that he had shared with his partner, selecting only words they recognized. Although that’s over 2,000 words, more than half of them have already been used.
Wordle editor-in-chief Tracy Bennett admitted that the game will eventually need to come to grips with the fact that the word list isn’t forever.
“One possibility is that we might recycle old words at some point, like when we’re nearing the end,” Bennett told a Wordle reader on TikTok.
She also said that editors could bring back all the words and reuse them, or allow plurals or past tense, which is not currently done.
Bennett has not commented on this, but it seems possible that Wordle could also expand to six-letter words. Options abound.
