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Daily puzzle hints
Three daily puzzles, three spoiler-free pages. Take a letter, a group or a theme — the answer only appears when you ask for it.
Today's hints
Each page reads the same live puzzle NYT serves and keeps the answer behind a button.
3 pages · updated hourly
- Open Wordle hints
Five letters
Wordle hint today
Vowels, first and last letter, repeats and a meaning — the answer stays locked.
- Open Connections hints
Four groups
Connections hint today
Colour, difficulty, the category’s opening letter and one word from each group.
- Open Strands hints
Word search
Strands hint today
The theme clue, word count and spangram length, then one strand at a time.
One hub, three ways to stay unstuck
Choose the puzzle
Open only the page you are playing. Nothing is revealed by opening it.
Take the smallest hint
A vowel, a colour, a word length. Each page is built so the first piece is cheap.
Reveal only if stuck
The answer is a server action, so it is not in the page source before you press it.
Daily puzzle hints FAQ
What is a daily puzzle hint page?
It is a spoiler-free help page for one daily word puzzle. It gives you the shape of the answer — letters, groups, counts or a theme — and keeps the actual answer behind a button you choose to press.
Do these pages give the answer away immediately?
No. Wordle gives one clue at a time and keeps the full word hidden until you reveal it. Connections prints no category title and no group word. Strands prints no spangram and no theme word. Progress is yours to choose.
Which daily puzzles are covered?
Wordle, Connections and Strands. Each has its own page with the current puzzle for the New York date, and this hub links all three.
How often do the hint pages update?
Every hour. The puzzle itself changes at midnight in New York, so the pages follow that clock even when the server runs in another time zone or no deploy happens that day.
Can I play these puzzles on GamingLab?
You can play Wordle Unlimited, Category Clash and Word Search Deluxe, plus dozens of other browser word and puzzle games. Nothing needs a download or an account.
Wordle, Connections and Strands are trademarks of The New York Times Company. GamingLab is not affiliated with The New York Times. These pages offer unofficial hint commentary for the daily puzzles.