If youre looking for theWordleanswer for April 22, 2025, read on.

Well share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solution.

How to play Wordle

Wordle liveshere on the New York Times website.

A new puzzle goes live every day at midnight, your local time.

Start by guessing a five-letter word.

For more, check outour guide to playing Wordle here, andmy strategy guide here for more advanced tips.

(We also have more information at the bottom of this post, after the hints and answers.)

Ready for the hints?

Does todays Wordle have any unusual letters?

Well define common letters as those that appear in theold typesetters phraseETAOIN SHRDLU.

Pronounce it Edwin Shirdloo, like a name, and pretend hes a friend of yours.)

They’re almost all common letters from our mnemonic today.

Only one isn’t, and it’s uncommon.

Can you give me a hint for todays Wordle?

Does todays Wordle have any double or repeated letters?

There are no repeated letters today.

How many vowels are in todays Wordle?

There is one vowel and one “sometimes” vowel.

What letter does todays Wordle start with?

Todays word starts with A.

What letter does todays Wordle end with?

Todays word ends with Y.

What is the solution to todays Wordle?

Todays word is ARTSY.

Yesterdays Wordle answer

Yesterdays Wordle was harder.

The answer to yesterdays Wordle was SPATE.

A primer on Wordle basics

The idea of Wordle is to guess the days secret word.

When you first bring up the Wordle game, youll see an empty grid of letters.

Its up toyouto make the first move: key in in any five-letter word.

Yellowmeans the letter is somewhere in the word, but not in the position you guessed it.

Graymeans the letter is not in the solution word at all.

(If you guessed PARTY and everything is gray, then the solutioncannotbe PURSE or ROAST.)

You get six guesses, and then its game over.

The best starter words for Wordle

What should you play for that first guess?

Choose your strategy, and see how it plays out.

If the H lights up in yellow, you know the solution.

Sometimes they are slightly tricky words that wouldnt have made the original list, and sometimes they are topical.

For example, FEAST was the solution one Thanksgiving.

So keep in mind that there may be a theme.

There is alsoOctordle, with eight puzzles, andSedecordle, with 16.

Absurdle, whichchanges the solution after each guess, but needs to stay consistent with its previous feedback.

Squabble, in which youplay Wordle against other people with a timer running.

You take damage if you spend too much time between guesses; winner is the last one standing.

Antiwordle, in which youare trying not to guess the days solution.