NYT Wordle today — answer and my hints for game #1410, Tuesday, April 29

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NYT Wordle today — answer and my hints for game #1410, Tuesday, April 29

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SPOILER WARNING: Today's Wordle answer and hints are below, so don't read on if you don't want to see them.

Wordle hints (game #1410) - clue #1 - Vowels

How many vowels does today's Wordle have?

• Wordle today has a vowel in one place*.

* 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 #1410) - 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.

Wordle hints (game #1410) - clue #3 - repeated letters

Does today's Wordle have any repeated letters?

• There are 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.

Wordle hints (game #1410) - clue #4 - ending letter

What letter does today's Wordle end with?

• The last letter in today's Wordle is S.

S is really not a common ending letter at all - mainly because Wordle generally doesn't allow plurals. It's the 15th most likely letter to appear at the end of an answer.

Wordle hints (game #1410) - clue #5 - last chance

Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here's an extra one for game #1409.

Today's Wordle answer is complete happiness.

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 #1410)

NYT Wordle answer for game 1410 on a green background — (Image credit: New York Times)

NYT average score: 3.7
My score: 4
WordleBot's score: 3
My skill score: 82
My luck score: 57
My start word performance: IDIOT (163 remaining answers)
WordleBot's start word performance: CRANE (356)
Tomorrow's start word: SHREW

Today's Wordle answer (game #1410) is… BLISS.

Though BLISS has yet another repeated letter – the third in a row and sixth in seven days – it's not as difficult as the others have been.

WordleBot says it has an average score of 3.7, well below the norm for the game, although I suspect it will rise a little over the next few hours as more people play. But I'm pretty sure it won't get above 4.0, and certainly not up to the level of yesterday's DUMMY (4.4).

As to why people are finding it easier to solve, my guess is that the performance of several of the best Wordle start words will have skewed things here.

Evidence? Well, SLATE, the seventh most popular start word, left only six possible solutions. RAISE and ARISE – fifth and sixth respectively – left a dozen. Together, those three words account for about 7% of all players, and many of those will have scored a three or even a two, bringing down the overall average.

But even outside of that, BLISS contains more common letters than either DUMMY or the previous day's WEEDY, with B the third most likely starting letter, and L, I and S all in the top 10 overall.

I began with IDIOT, a start word chosen at random but which accurately describes my opinion of myself after today's game.

IDIOT gave me a green I, and left 163 words. I left out the I for my second guess, in favor of including an extra letter; SNARE was chosen purely on account of its common letters, but WordleBot loved it and awarded me 99/99 for skill. It was incredibly lucky, in that it left only three words. So far, so good.

And then I screwed up. Somehow I missed that I had already played the letter R, so drew up my own shortlist of CRISP, FRISK, BLISS and WHISK. In reality, those latter two were real options, as was PHISH (which I missed).

So, for my third guess I went with FRISK – figuring that it might be the answer, and would also choose between my other three. But this was entirely misplaced logic, because FRISK couldn't be the answer, and I should have played WHISK.

Ah well. FRISK was wrong, but the 50/50 it left was between BLISS and PHISH, and I still hadn't thought of the latter. So I played the first of those and scored an undeserved four.

How did you do today? Send me an email or let me know in the comments.

Yesterday's Wordle hints (game #1409)

In a different time zone where it's still Monday? Don't worry – I can give you some clues for Wordle #1409, too.

Wordle yesterday had a vowel in one place.

* 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 D.

D is the ninth most common starting letter in the game, so maybe slightly less likely than you might expect.

There were 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 Y.

Y is the second most common ending letter in the game, behind only E. In total, 364 Wordle answers end with a Y.

Still looking for more Wordle hints? Here's an extra one for game #1409.

Yesterday's Wordle answer is an imitation used as a substitute.

Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1409)

NYT Wordle answer for game 1409 on a green background — (Image credit: New York Times)

NYT average score: 4.4
My score: 5
WordleBot's score: 4
My skill score: 95
My luck score: 32
My start word performance: FLUKE (178 remaining answers)
WordleBot's start word performance: CRANE (356)
Tomorrow's start word: IDIOT

Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1409) was… DUMMY.

DUMMY has a lot of meanings: an imitation used as a stand-in, as in a crash test dummy, a stupid person, a puppet used by a ventriloquist, a feint (in sports), a pacifier (in the UK at least). But regardless of which one jumped into your mind first, it's a really difficult Wordle to solve.

WordleBot says it has an average score of 4.4 – making it just slightly tougher than Sunday's WEEDY, which was tough enough itself.

Like that word it has a repeated letter and a Y ending. But there are arguably more similarly spelled answers here, and coupled with the less common letters overall – no E, this time – it's coming in a little above WEEDY.

The alternative answers are probably the biggest factor. Lots of people guessed GUMMY, MUMMY and YUMMY, for instance, but MUDDY – which reverses the D and M – had lots of acolytes, as did DUMPY.

I didn't cover myself in glory, although WordleBot's ratings make me feel a little better about my game; maybe I was just unlucky.

Things started off okay, relatively speaking, with FLUKE leaving 178 words. That's high, but CRANE, SLATE and STARE were all (a lot) higher still, and it did at least give me the sole vowel, a yellow U.

My second guess was apparently a "wonderful choice", but very unlucky and still left 42 words. With O, E, L, S and T already ruled out (plus the slightly less common F and P), I was running out of good letters to play already.

I still had no real idea what kind of format I was looking for, either, but came up with a long list that included lots of Y-ending options: RUNNY, BUNNY, RUDDY, MUDDY, HURRY, CURRY, DUCHY, MUGGY, BUGGY, MUMMY, RUMMY, DUMMY, GUMMY, CURVY, HUBBY, CUBBY and BUZZY.

With that in mind, I decided to play CHARM next; C, R and A were the three most common letters left in my game, and H and M both featured in lots of the Y words.

My hunch was correct. CHARM gave me a yellow M only, but cut my list to six: MUDDY, MUGGY, MUMMY, DUMMY, GUMMY and YUMMY, all of which were already on my radar the guess before.

Scoring a four was now unlikely, so I focused on playing a word that would guarantee a five, rather than gambling and perhaps ending up with a six or worse.

MIDGE was the perfect word to do that; whatever happened, it would point the way to the solution. When the M stayed yellow and the D turned yellow too I knew it had to be DUMMY, and escaped with a five.

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 #1409, Monday 28 April: DUMMY
Wordle #1408, Sunday 27 April: WEEDY
Wordle #1407, Saturday 26 April: CLASH
Wordle #1406, Friday 25 April: KNOWN
Wordle #1405, Thursday 24 April: GENIE
Wordle #1404, Wednesday 23 April: OZONE
Wordle #1403, Tuesday 22 April: ARTSY
Wordle #1402, Monday 21 April: SPATE
Wordle #1401, Sunday 20 April: PATCH
Wordle #1400, Saturday 19 April: INBOX
Wordle #1399, Friday 18 April: DIRGE
Wordle #1398, Thursday 17 April: STOOD
Wordle #1397, Wednesday 16 April: MORAL
Wordle #1396, Tuesday 15 April: ASHEN
Wordle #1395, Monday 14 April: CREST
Wordle #1394, Sunday 13 April: LAUGH
Wordle #1393, Saturday 12 April: NURSE
Wordle #1392, Friday 11 April: ARROW
Wordle #1391, Thursday 10 April: TURBO
Wordle #1390, Wednesday 9 April: WHEAT
Wordle #1389, Tuesday 8 April: SPARE
Wordle #1388, Monday 7 April: HAZEL
Wordle #1387, Sunday 6 April: VILLA
Wordle #1386, Saturday 5 April: FOAMY
Wordle #1385, Friday 4 April: KRILL
Wordle #1384, Thursday 3 April: SHEAR
Wordle #1383, Wednesday 2 April: CURSE
Wordle #1382, Tuesday 1 April: JEWEL
Wordle #1381, Monday 31 March: BOOTY
Wordle #1380, Sunday 30 March: QUOTA
Wordle #1379, Saturday 29 March: SORRY
Wordle #1378, Friday 28 March: VERSE
Wordle #1377, Thursday 27 March: SHEET
Wordle #1376, Wednesday 26 March: ELBOW
Wordle #1375, Tuesday 25 March: SHELF
Wordle #1374, Monday 24 March: ANGLE
Wordle #1373, Sunday 23 March: DOPEY
Wordle #1372, Saturday 22 March: AMBLE
Wordle #1371, Friday 21 March: NUDGE
Wordle #1370, Thursday 20 March: BASTE
Wordle #1369, Wednesday 19 March: SPARK
Wordle #1368, Tuesday 18 March: TIMER
Wordle #1367, Monday 17 March: LASSO
Wordle #1366, Sunday 16 March: STAMP
Wordle #1365, Saturday 15 March: LADLE
Wordle #1364, Friday 14 March: PIECE
Wordle #1363, Thursday 13 March: CHASE
Wordle #1362, Wednesday 12 March: MANGO
Wordle #1361, Tuesday 11 March: TRACK
Wordle #1360, Monday 10 March: SPITE
Wordle #1359, Sunday 9 March: GREED

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 last year 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.