Today's NYT Wordle Hints & Answer for Fri, April 3, 2026
Keep your streak alive with spoiler-free hints, reveal the answer letter-by-letter, or search past solutions in the archive.
Today's NYT Wordle Hints
- Hint 1: To lightly burn the surface.
- Hint 2: This five-letter word contains 2 vowels with no repeated letters.Reveal Hint 2: Word Structure
- Hint 3: You might do this to the ends of a rope to prevent fraying.Reveal Hint 3: Strong Clue
Today's NYT Wordle Answer
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Today's NYT Wordle Review & Analysis
- SINGE is a five-letter word with no repeats and a balanced mix of three consonants and two vowels. The vowels I and E are common, and the -INGE ending resembles familiar patterns like -ING or -NGE, which can widen the field. Starting with S and closing with E are both high-frequency positions, encouraging numerous plausible builds. The NG cluster in the middle is common but not always immediately fixed, allowing several neighboring arrangements to linger.
- Early greens in I or E can still leave a broad lattice of options, especially if N and G remain unset. The -ING pattern may prompt cycling through forms that end in -INGE or pivot to similar frames like SINGY or BINGE once key consonants appear. Progress typically accelerates only after locking the NG pair in positions three and four, shifting focus from vowel placement to confirming the opening consonant and final E.
How to Use Our Spoiler-Free NYT Wordle Solver
Maximize your solving experience with our progressive hint system. Follow these steps to get just enough help to keep your streak alive without ruining the puzzle:
Work Through the Progressive Hints
The Green Box contains three hints, ordered from vague to more specific. Hint 1 offers a general sense of the word’s meaning. Hint 2 focuses on structure, such as vowel count or repeated letters. Hint 3 narrows things down further with a clear definition, context, or fill-in-the-blank clue.
Reveal Individual Letters
If you only need to confirm part of the word, you can tap any ? box below the hints. Each tap reveals a single letter, which can be enough to validate a guess without exposing the whole answer.
Check the Full Answer
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FAQ
How do the spoiler-free hints work?
The hints are meant to guide you gradually without giving the answer away. Hint 1 offers a general meaning clue. If that’s not enough, Hint 2 adds structural help (such as vowel counts), and Hint 3 provides a more direct definition. You can stop at any point.
Can I reveal the answer letter by letter?
Yes. If you only want to check part of the word—like the first letter—you can tap one of the green [?] boxes above. This lets you confirm a detail without revealing the entire answer.
What time is today's Wordle answer released?
New Wordle puzzles are released at midnight local time. Our hints and answers update daily to match the official New York Times Wordle. If the new puzzle isn’t showing yet, a page refresh usually fixes it.
Will using these hints break my Wordle streak?
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How far back does the archive go?
The archive includes Wordle hints and answers from the past 12 months. You can browse them using the 'Archive' date picker on this page.