Today's Wordle hints and answer — solution #1,121 Sunday, July 14 (2024)

Today's Wordle answer is another quite straightforward one. According to the New York Times' WordleBot, the average player completes Wordle #1,121 in 3.9 moves in both easy and hard modes.

Each day, we will update this article with Wordle hints and tips to help you find today's answer. And if the hints aren't enough, we'll even give you the answer, in case you're really stuck or just haven't had time to complete today's puzzle. Plus, we are also including an analysis of yesterday's puzzle, #1,120, in case you're reading this in a different time zone.

So be warned: spoilers lie ahead for game #1,121. Only read on if you want to know today's Wordle answer!

Today's Wordle answer — hints to help you solve it

Our first tip is that you should use one of the best Wordle start words for every game you play. But if you want some more specific clues to today's Wordle answer, then here you go:

• It contains three of the five vowels.*
• There are no repeated letters.
• Two characters feature among the five most common Wordle letters.

* By vowel, we mean A, E, I, O, U. There are other letters that are sometimes considered to be vowels, depending on how they are used.

Those hints should get you at least some of the way towards finding today's Wordle answer. If not, then you can read on for bigger clues; or, if you just want to know the answer, then skip down further for that.

Alright then, here's a larger hint: Don't forget to rewind today's Wordle answer.

What does today's Wordle start with?

The answer to Wordle #1,121 starts with V, so combined with the hints above you should now have all the clues you need to get the answer and not break a Wordle streak.

OK, it's now time to scroll down for the answer…

Today's Wordle answer

So, what is today's Wordle answer for game #1,121?

Drumroll, please — it'sVIDEO.

Hello Wordlers. Another relatively straightforward one today, especially if you're a child of the 90s like me. It helps, too, that VIDEO contains a massive three vowels, which makes the relatively rare letters ('V' and 'D') a bit easier to sniff out.

My regular start word of ORATE — which contains all five of the most common Wordle letters — revealed two yellow vowels: 'O' and 'E'. That still leaves a massive 104 possible answers though, according to WordleBot.

Unsurprisingly, WordleBot's best Wordle start words beat that by some distance. CARED, for example, leaves 13 possibilities, while PILOT lowers that to ten. If you played TIRED, only three answers would be left in play.

'L', 'I', 'S', 'N' and 'C' are my priorities for my second turn and CONES was the perfect way to test three of them.

While it didn't seem that effective, with just 'E' turning green, I had eliminated all but one answer according to WordleBot.

It took me a while to get it, as 'O' doesn't usually sit immediately next to 'E' on either side, but I got there in the end. I typed in VIDEO and completed the puzzle in three moves.

I hope you managed it equally easily, Wordlers. See you tomorrow.

Yesterday's Wordle answer

Reading this in a later time zone? The Wordle answer for game #1,120 was ENACT.

Hello Wordlers. A return to simple puzzles today, after yesterday's horror show. All five of the characters that make up ENACT are in the top ten most common Wordle letters, and three break the top five.

That made ORATE a really strong starter, turning 'T' and 'E' yellow, and flipping 'A' green. After my first turn, just 13 possible answers remained, according to WordleBot*.

Given all five letters are regulars, WordleBot's best Wordle start words were even stronger. CARTE leaves five solutions, while CARET and CRATE drop that to three. If you played CRANE as your opener, only the right answer would be left over.

On turn #2, I usually prioritize the next five most common characters: 'L', 'I', 'S', 'N' and 'C'.

I could have actually got the right answer if I'd pushed that strategy hard, but I thought of TEACH first, so tried it. 'T' and 'E' were ruled out in a second location each, while 'C' went green. Only two answers were left.

I picked the right one, typing in ENACT. Kind of lucky, as it could equally have been EXACT.

Hopefully you breezed through today's puzzle, Wordlers. See you tomorrow.

* These were: BEAST, DEALT, FEAST, LEAPT, LEAST, MEANT, YEAST, BEAUT, LEANT, ENACT, EXACT, TEACH and EXALT.

Previous Wordle answers

If you're looking for a list of older Wordle answers, we can also help. Here's a list going back 20 games.

• Wordle #1,120: ENACT
• Wordle #1,119: JIFFY
• Wordle #1,118: CAMEO
• Wordle #1,117: GAUNT
• Wordle #1,116: BLARE
• Wordle #1,115: SHAPE
• Wordle #1,114: CANON
• Wordle #1,113: SCOFF
• Wordle #1,112: CRUSH
• Wordle #1,111: DEBUT
• Wordle #1,110: THIGH
• Wordle #1,109: INLAY
• Wordle #1,108: ADAGE
• Wordle #1,107: BUDDY
• Wordle #1,106: ZEBRA
• Wordle #1,105: DROVE
• Wordle #1,104: ORDER
• Wordle #1,103: KNEAD
• Wordle #1,102: SAVOR
• Wordle #1,101: DOLLY
• Wordle #1,100: BUGLE

Wordle tips — how to win at Wordle

The best tip I can give is to use one of thebest Wordle start words. I can't stress this enough — it makes a massive difference.

Without one, you'll be scrabbling around in the dark trying (and possibly failing) to find the right five letters (or possibly fewer) out of the 26 possibles. But clever people (not me) have done the math and identified the best start words based on both frequency in English and frequency among Wordle answers. So use them!

Secondly, think about combinations, especially at the start and end. Some options are far more common than others — for instance, SH, ST, CR and CH all feature frequently.

Vowels obviously need consideration too: not all Wordle answers will contain more than one, but plenty do, and some even have three. A good Wordle start word should have used a couple, but if they don't feature you might well want to try another one or two on your next go. Plus, remember the Y — this sometimes acts as a surrogate vowel, and is easy to forget. It also appears at the end of plenty of words.

Finally, try out possibilities. So long as you don't press 'Enter' you can try possible answers to see how they look on screen. Put in likely letters plus any you know are definitely in the word, then mentally change one to the other available options. This technique has worked for me multiple times, and it's particularly helpful when the word in question is not an obvious one (like FJORD or ISLET).

But if you're still struggling with Wordle, check out how Tom's Guide's Wordle experts have honed their strategy after playing a lot of Wordle after it first launched.

We also have plenty of Wordle tips and tricks to share, like how we've analyzed every Wordle answer used to look for trends and have some further advice for you there.And if you're new to the game you should also take a look at our What is Wordle? guide.

What else should I know about Wordle?

Wordle officially launched in October 2021, but actually started in June of that year and celebrated its first birthday on June 19, 2022. (You can read my thoughts on the 5 things Wordle needs to improve if it's to keep us playing on into a fourth and fifth year.)

However, it only grew in popularity towards the end of the year, then went viral in January as the world woke up to its charms. In fact, it proved so successful that The New York Times bought Wordle for a seven-figure sum in early February and the game is now part of NYT Games.

It's played via the NYT Games website here, and is entirely free. Both the NYT and the game's creator, Josh Wardle, have stated that it will remain free. Some people think that Wordle has got harder since the NYT takeover, but it really hasn't.

Wordle is a simple game in which your challenge is to guess a five-letter word in six attempts. Each time you guess, you're told which of your chosen letters are in the target word, and whether they are in the right place.

If a letter is in the correct place, it turns green. If it's in the word but in the wrong place, it turns yellow. And if it's not in the word at all, it turns gray.

There's just one puzzle a day, and everyone completes the same one. It resets at midnight each day. You'll find more information about the game in our What is Wordle? article.

NYT Strands answer

If you've solved Wordle and need help with other games from the New York Times, we suggest you check out our guide on today's NYT Strands answer, which will give you some hints as well as the full answer to today's puzzle.

Wordle Alternatives

If you're eager for another game to pass the time while you wait, we've put together a list of the best Wordle alternatives.

Other Wordle alternatives to try are the ultra-stressful (but very good) Squabble and the soccer-themed, Who Are Ya?. We also like the geography-based Wordle clone Worldle, the Star Wars-themed SWordle and the math-based Mathler.

There are certainly plenty of options once you've finished Wordle for the day!