Stuck on today's puzzle?
We'll get you unstuck.
Hints and answers for 17 daily word games, updated every day. Every hint and every answer stays hidden until you tap it, so your streak is safe here.
Pick your puzzle
Every page follows the same promise: gentle hints first, the full answer locked in a box until you ask for it.
Wordle gives you six tries at one five-letter word. Quordle raises that to four words at once, Octordle to eight, and Phrazle swaps the word for a whole phrase, twice a day.
Connections asks you to sort 16 words into four hidden groups, with a Sports Edition for fans. Strands hides themed words and a spangram in a letter grid.
Spelling Bee builds words from seven letters around a required center. Letter Boxed chains words around a square, and Waffle is a crossword you solve by swapping tiles.
How the hints work here
Most answer sites print the solution at the top of the page. We built the opposite.
Each puzzle gets a ladder of hints ordered from gentle to generous. The first might tell you a word's length; the last practically hands it to you. Reveal them one at a time and stop the moment something clicks.
The full answer sits inside a locked box that only opens when you tap it. No hover accidents, no answers leaking mid-scroll. If you only came to double-check yesterday, it's one tap and done.
Every game keeps a record of past answers, organized by month. Settle an argument, check a day you missed, or study the patterns editors favor.
The spoiler promise: nothing answer-shaped is ever visible on the page until you tap it. Not in a hint, not in a preview, not in a page title. Your streak survives the visit.
Word finder tools
Browse all toolsMid-game and out of ideas? Look up words by their first letter, last letter, a letter they contain, or their exact length.
Playing Wordle? Every Wordle answer has 5 letters. Jump straight to 5-letter words starting with…, ending in…, or containing… a letter.
From the blog
All articlesStrategy guides and deeper dives for when you want to get better, not just get through today.
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NYT Connections Strategy Guide: How to Solve It Without Losing Streaks May 9, 2026 NYT Connections looks simple until it isn't. This strategy guide covers how to read the categories, avoid red herrings, and protect your streak on the hardest puzzles.
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Get better, not just unstuck
Six habits that quietly raise your solve rate across every daily puzzle.
Words like SLATE or CRANE test five common letters at once. Committing to one opener builds pattern memory that compounds over months of puzzles.
Every board plants words that fit two groups. Lock in your most certain group first; each solved row shrinks the space the red herrings can hide in.
Spelling Bee's pangram uses all seven letters, so finding it first teaches you which letter combinations the day's puzzle loves. The shorter words fall out of it naturally.
In Contexto, a word ranked 2,000 tells you the whole neighborhood is wrong. Jump between unrelated categories such as animals, tools, and feelings until one suddenly ranks low.
In Strands, the spangram touches two opposite edges and names the theme. Once it's placed, the rest of the board splits into smaller, friendlier regions.
The fastest way to improve is to almost solve it yourself. One gentle hint keeps your brain doing the work; the full answer teaches you nothing about the next puzzle.
How this site works
Word Game Clues publishes fresh hints and answers every day for Wordle, NYT Connections, Strands, Spelling Bee, the Mini Crossword, Contexto, Quordle, Octordle, Letter Boxed, Waffle, Phrazle, the Daily Jumble, Keyword, and more. We are an independent fan site and are not affiliated with The New York Times or any game publisher.
Each page is written fresh for that day's puzzle. Difficulty ratings are computed from the answer itself, hints are ordered so the gentlest comes first, and nothing about the solution is visible until you choose to reveal it. When a puzzle trips up half the internet, the hints get a little more generous; when it's a breeze, we stay out of your way.
Beyond the daily pages, the word finder tools cover the moments mid-game when you need raw material: every word ending in a letter, starting with one, containing one, or exactly as long as you need. If you play Wordle, the 5-letter word lists are the ones to bookmark.
Common questions
When do the daily puzzles reset?
Most daily word games, including Wordle and the other NYT games, reset at midnight in your local timezone. A few, like Phrazle, publish more than once a day. Our pages update within minutes of each reset, so if the date on a page matches today, its hints and answer are current.
Will I see an answer by accident?
No. That's the core promise of this site. Answers live inside locked boxes and blurred rows that only reveal on a tap or click. You can scroll any page top to bottom without learning anything you didn't ask for.
Is using hints cheating?
We'd say a nudge that keeps you playing beats a broken streak and a spoiled morning. The hints are built to do the minimum: they hand you a thread, and you still get to pull it.
Do you cover past puzzles too?
Yes. Every game page keeps an archive of past answers organized by month, and each game's hub page, like the Wordle hub, lists recent puzzle dates and numbers.
Are you affiliated with The New York Times?
No. Word Game Clues is an independent fan site. Wordle, Connections, Strands and the other game names are trademarks of their respective owners; we just help you finish their puzzles with your streak intact.