Today's Wordle hints – answer, clues and tips for game #644, Saturday, March 25

The Wordle weekend is off to a much tougher start than the easy week that preceded it. According to WordleBot, people are solving it in an average of 4.1 guesses, which makes it the equal hardest puzzle we've had in the past 10 games.

For that reason alone you might need some Wordle hints, because failure in this game is only ever six guesses away. I've played every day since December 2021 and can give you some clues to ensure your streak stays intact.  

So read on for my hints and the answers to game #644 and bookmark this page so you can easily return tomorrow. Oh, and if you also play Quordle then my Quordle today page contains hints and answers for that, too. 

SPOILER WARNING: Information about today's Wordle answers are below, so don't read on if you don't want to see them.

Wordle hints (game #644) – clue #1 – Vowels

How many vowels does today’s Wordle have?

Wordle today has two vowels*.

* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too). 

Wordle hints (game #644) – clue #2 – first letter

What letter does today’s Wordle begin with?

The first letter in today’s Wordle answer is V.

V is a fairly uncommon starting letter in Wordle. There are only 43 answers that begin with a V, and it ranks just 16th.

Wordle hints (game #644) – clue #3 – repeated letters

Does today’s Wordle have any repeated letters?

There are no repeated letters in today’s Wordle.

Repeated letters are quite common in the game, with 748 of the 2,309 Wordle answers containing one. However, it's still more likely that a Wordle doesn't have one.

Wordle hints (game #644) – clue #4 – ending letter

What letter does today’s Wordle end with?

The last letter in today’s Wordle is R.

R is a very common letter to end a Wordle answer – it's actually the 4th most common there, behind E, Y and T.

Wordle hints (game #644) – clue #5 – last chance

Still looking for Wordle hints today? Don't worry, I'll give you one more for game #644.

  • Today’s Wordle answer chooses.

If you just want to know today's Wordle answer now, simply scroll down – but I'd always recommend trying to solve it on your own first. We've got lots of Wordle tips and tricks to help you, including a guide to the best Wordle start words.

If you don't want to know today's answer then DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER BECAUSE IT IS PRINTED BELOW. So don't say you weren't warned!

Today’s Wordle answer (game #644)

Wordle 644 answer on a yellow background

(Image credit: New York Times)

Today's Wordle answer (game #644) is… VOTER.

Yes, it's an ER word. And we don't like ER words, do we? Well I certainly don't; I almost always end up scoring a 4/6 or lower on them. There are just too many possible answers to quickly narrow down the options. In fact, a couple of my most difficult games ever have been ER words, with the likes of ELDER, HOMER, GAMER, PARER and RIPER all resulting in a 6/6.

VOTER has an average score of 4.1, according to WordleBot, with the game potentially made harder than some by the presence of a V at the start of the answer. V is not a particularly common starting letter; it's the 16th most likely to be in this position.

On the plus side, for me at least, there's also a T in the answer, meaning that my choice of the best Wordle starting words, STARE, proved better than most.

That word left me with 40 possible solutions, whereas anyone starting with WordleBot's favored SLATE still had to whittle down 114 of them! CRANE (187) and SLANT (180) were even worse – though the likes of TRACE (36) and CRATE/CARTE (48) were OK.

I like to play INTER as my second word when I have a yellow T, E and R from my first guess, because it confirms (or rules out) the ER structure right away and adds two very common letters in I and N. WordleBot prefer BERET, and I can see there's value in ruling out the repeated E option as soon as possible, but the other vowels are all common too, so I'd rather play one of those earlier.

My approach fared better than WordleBot's today: INTER confirmed the TER pattern and left me with just six possible answers, whereas BERET would have left 13. I found all of those six independently, coming up with METER, PETER, VOTER, CUTER, OUTER and DETER. 

The sensible thing to do was play a word that would rule in/out all of the options and guarantee a 4/6 – however, I couldn't think of a word that did that. The best I could do was DEUCE, which would have guaranteed a 4/6 unless the answer was METER or PETER – in which case I'd still face a 50/50. 

That said, I wasn't too worried as I know Wordle doesn't generally have many answers that are also names. In fact, the NYT removed HARRY soon after it bought Wordle, because it thought it would be confusing. I don't know for sure that PETER isn't an answer, but I took the risk and it paid off.

DEUCE gave me just a single yellow E, meaning it couldn't be METER or PETER (the E would have turned green), couldn't be DETER (there was no D) and couldn't be OUTER or CUTER (no U). That just left VOTER, and I scored a WordleBot-equalling 4/6 as a result.    

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.


Yesterday’s Wordle hints (game #643)

In a different time zone where it's still Friday? Don't worry – I can give you some clues for Wordle #643, too.

  • Wordle yesterday had two vowels.
  • The first letter in yesterday’s Wordle answer was G.
  • There were no repeated letters in yesterday’s Wordle.
  • The last letter in yesterday’s Wordle was T.
  • Yesterday’s Wordle answer is a filling substance.

Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #643)

Wordle 643 answer on a yellow background

(Image credit: New York Times)

Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #643) was… GROUT.

I said on Thursday that this game had gotten too easy, and Friday's puzzle really takes that trend to another level. GROUT has almost no complications to it at all, and WordleBot duly says people are solving it in just 3.6 guesses. 

Consider the evidence: it starts with a G, the eighth most common letter to begin a Wordle answer. That's followed by an R – not just the third most common in that position, but also the third most common overall. Put them together and you have GR, which is the sixth most common starting combination.

Want more? Well, O and U go together a massive 73 times in total, a vowel combo that's more common than any other except EA. Oh, and T is the third most common ending letter in the game, behind only E and Y.

It's all set up for a good score, then, despite the fact that not all of the best Wordle starting words were particularly helpful. WordleBot's favorite, SLATE, left 102 possible solutions, while CRANE (66), SLANT (62) and my choice of STARE (48) were not much better. TRACE was a good one, though – that left just 17 possibles.

So, with 48 answers to navigate, I couldn't possibly narrow it down for a 3/6, right? Wrong. Heeding WordleBot's previous advice about trying to narrow down the position of yellow letters by playing them in multiple positions, I went with TROUT.

This was a calculated move; if the T had been in the middle, rather than at either end of the word (in MOTOR, say), I'd effectively have wasted a letter. But it's most common at the start or end, so playing it in those two spots made some sense. Plus, I put the R second – and that's a very common second letter, as detailed above.

Well, it worked like a charm: the R, O, U and second T all turned green, leaving me, implausibly, with just one remaining option. That word was GROUT and it gave me a WordleBot-beating 3/6 to end the working week.  

Wordle answers: The past 50

I've been playing Wordle every day for more than a year now and have tracked all of the previous answers so I can help you improve your game. Here are the last 50 solutions starting with yesterday's answer, or check out my past Wordle answers page for the full list.

  • Wordle #643, Friday 24 March: GROUT
  • Wordle #642, Thursday 23 March: STAID
  • Wordle #641, Wednesday 22 March: DUVET
  • Wordle #640, Tuesday 21 March: TOUGH
  • Wordle #639, Monday 20 March: GLOVE
  • Wordle #638, Sunday 19 March: CREDO
  • Wordle #637, Saturday 18 March: YACHT
  • Wordle #636, Friday 17 March: MEALY
  • Wordle #635, Thursday 16 March: CIDER
  • Wordle #634, Wednesday 15 March: SWEEP
  • Wordle #633, Tuesday 14 March: SURLY
  • Wordle #632, Monday 13 March: BLAME
  • Wordle #631, Sunday 12 March: BIRTH
  • Wordle #630, Saturday 11 March: EMAIL
  • Wordle #629, Friday 10 March: REVEL
  • Wordle #628, Thursday 9 March: WHERE
  • Wordle #627, Wednesday 8 March: REGAL
  • Wordle #626, Tuesday 7 March: HORSE
  • Wordle #625, Monday 6 March: PINKY
  • Wordle #624, Sunday 5 March: TOXIC
  • Wordle #623, Saturday 4 March: TREND
  • Wordle #622, Friday 3 March: SQUAT
  • Wordle #621, Thursday 2 March: ABOVE
  • Wordle #620, Wednesday 1 March: MOOSE
  • Wordle #619, Tuesday 28 February: POLKA
  • Wordle #618, Monday 27 February: WORSE
  • Wordle #617, Sunday 26 February: SYRUP
  • Wordle #616, Saturday 25 February: FIFTY
  • Wordle #615, Friday 24 February: ARBOR
  • Wordle #614, Thursday 23 February: VAGUE
  • Wordle #613, Wednesday 22 February: RIPER
  • Wordle #612, Tuesday 21 February: RUDDY
  • Wordle #611, Monday 20 February: SWEAT
  • Wordle #610, Sunday 19 February: KIOSK
  • Wordle #609, Saturday 18 February: AVAIL
  • Wordle #608, Friday 17 February: CACHE
  • Wordle #607, Thursday 16 February: MAGIC
  • Wordle #606, Wednesday 15 February: SALSA
  • Wordle #605, Tuesday 14 February: SOUND
  • Wordle #604, Monday 13 February: USAGE
  • Wordle #603, Sunday 12 February: GIANT
  • Wordle #602, Saturday 11 February: DEBUG
  • Wordle #601, Friday 10 February: HEADY
  • Wordle #600, Thursday 9 February: STAGE
  • Wordle #599, Wednesday 8 February: FLAIL
  • Wordle #598, Tuesday 7 February: APPLE
  • Wordle #597, Monday 6 February: NINTH
  • Wordle #596, Sunday 5 February: DANCE
  • Wordle #595, Saturday 4 February: UNLIT
  • Wordle #594, Friday 3 February: TASTY

What is Wordle?

If you're on this page then you almost certainly know what Wordle is already, and indeed have probably been playing it for a while. And even if you've not been playing it, you must surely have heard of it by now, because it's the viral word game phenomenon that took the world by storm last year and is still going strong in 2023.

We've got a full guide to the game in our What is Wordle page, but if you just want a refresher then here are the basics.

What is Wordle?

Wordle challenges you to guess a new five-letter word each day. You get six guesses, with each one revealing a little more information. If one of the letters in your guess is in the answer and in the right place, it turns green. If it’s in the answer but in the wrong place, it turns yellow. And if it’s not in the answer at all it turns gray. Simple, eh? 

It’s played online via the Wordle website or the New York Times’ Crossword app (iOS / Android), and is entirely free. 

Crucially, the answer is the same for everyone each day, meaning that you’re competing against the rest of the world, rather than just against yourself or the game. The puzzle then resets each day at midnight in your local time, giving you a new challenge, and the chance to extend your streak.

What are the Wordle rules?

The rules of Wordle are pretty straightforward, but with a couple of curveballs thrown in for good measure.

1. Letters that are in the answer and in the right place turn green.

2. Letters that are in the answer but in the wrong place turn yellow. 

3. Letters that are not in the answer turn gray.

4. Answers are never plural.

5. Letters can appear more than once. So if your guess includes two of one letter, they may both turn yellow, both turn green, or one could be yellow and the other green.

6. Each guess must be a valid word in Wordle’s dictionary. You can’t guess ABCDE, for instance.

7. You do not have to include correct letters in subsequent guesses unless you play on Hard mode.

8. You have six guesses to solve the Wordle.

9. You must complete the daily Wordle before midnight in your timezone.

10. All answers are drawn from Wordle’s list of 2,309 solutions. However…

11. Wordle will accept a wider pool of words as guesses – some 10,000 of them. For instance, you can guess a plural such as WORDS. It definitely won’t be right (see point 4 above), but Wordle will accept it as a guess.

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