Tips, answers and help from today’s NYT Wordle for January 12 #1668

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Today Word puzzle is a little easier than yesterday’s, with more common letters that I guessed right away. If you need a new starting word, see 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 showing you today’s Word answer, we will give you some clues. 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 T.

Wordle Tip #4: Last Letter

Today’s Wordle answer ends with L.

Wordle Tip #5: Meaning

Today’s Wordle response may refer to a formal review of the evidence before a judge and perhaps a jury.

THE WORD OF THE DAY ANSWER

Today’s Wordle answer is ESSAY.

Wordle response from yesterday

The Wordle response from yesterday, January 11, #1667 was QUARK.

Wordle’s Recent Replies

January 7, No. 1663: PECAN
January 8, No. 1664: BLAST
January 9, No. 1665: EIGHT
January 10, No. 1666: MANIQUE

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What is the best wordle starting word?

Feel free to use our tip sheet sort all letters of the alphabet by frequency of use. In short, you want seed words that rely heavily on E, A, and R, and don’t contain Z, J, and Q.

Solid starting words to try:

FAREWELL

FORM

CLOSE

GLANCE

NOISE