Today’s Wordle challenges your word skills with a fresh five-letter puzzle. Use logic, pattern recognition, and strategic guesses to solve efficiently.
Consistent daily practice and attention to letter placement can help you uncover the correct word faster.
Engaging with other Wordle players and sharing tips strengthens your skills while keeping the daily game fun and competitive.
Wordle has taken the world by storm, especially among word lovers, as it presents a daily five-letter puzzle that is not only a test of players’ vocabulary, strategy, and deduction skills but also a lot of fun.
The game is very easy to play and at the same time surprisingly addictive, which has led to the formation of a global community of players who are always ready to share their victories, tips, and streaks, thus turning the daily puzzle into a moment of fun and mental exercise for all.
Wordle is a popular online word puzzle that you can play daily, in which you attempt to guess a five-letter word in six guesses or fewer. It's easy to understand and addictive, perfect for that morning cup of coffee.
Type any five-letter word that is a valid English word (like SLATE), then hit Enter.
After each guess, letters will change colors:
Green: You have the correct letter in the correct location.
Yellow: You have the correct letter in the incorrect location.
Gray: The letter is not in the word at all.
Now with mistakes in grays ruled out from the next guess, greens will be treated as priorities, and yellows will be tried in other locations depending on their color.
Suppose you can find the word within six guesses. Congratulations! You have won for the day. Everyone gets the same puzzle each day.
Here are four creative clues for NYT Wordle today, progressing from vague to specific:
Meaning: A subatomic particle.
Word Origin: English, meaning ‘Electric Charge.’
Puzzle Hint: Starts with the letter Q, ends with the letter K, and has two vowels.
Starting Words: QUACK.
The Wordle answer for January 11, 2026, is QUARK.
Paid NYT Games members have access to a tool known as the Wordle Bot. This allows them to track your performance in each day's game. Newcomers can look back and play catch-up on earlier editions.
If you're an NYT subscriber with full access to the publication's games, you don't need to quit after a single round. You'll have access to an archive of over 1,400 games. See you tomorrow for another round of Wordle!