Wordle Today: Wordle answer and hints for April 16 | Digital Trends (2024)
We have the solution to Wordle on April 16, as well as some helpful hints to help you figure out the answer yourself, right here. We’ve placed the answer at the bottom of the page, so we don’t ruin the surprise before you’ve had a chance to work through the clues. So let’s dive in, starting with a reminder of yesterday’s answer.
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Yesterday’s Wordle answer
Hints for today’s Wordle
Today’s Wordle answer
Tips for tomorrow’s Wordle
Yesterday’s Wordle answer
Let’s start by first reminding ourselves of yesterday’s Wordle answer for those new to the game or who don’t play it daily, which was “EQUIP.” So we can say that the Wordle answer today definitely isn’t that. Now, with that in mind, perhaps take another stab at it using one of these Wordle starting words and circle back if you have no luck.
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Hints for today’s Wordle
Still can’t figure it out? We have today’s Wordle answer right here, below. But first, one more thing: Let’s take a look at three hints that could help you find the solution, without giving it away, so there’s no need to feel guilty about keeping your streak alive — you put in some work, after all! Or just keep scrolling for the answer.
Today’s Wordle ends with the letter S.
Today’s Wordle uses one vowel.
Today’s Wordle can mean to stab someone with a makeshift weapon
Today’s Wordle answer
No luck? Don’t sweat it — you can’t get them all! If you just want to see today’s Wordle answer to continue your streak, you can find it below.
The answer to today’s Wordle is …
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And here’s what it means, according to our good friend ChatGPT:
“Shank” can refer to a few different things depending on the context:
Verb (informal):
To stab: In informal usage, “shank” can mean to stab someone with a makeshift weapon, typically using a sharp object like a knife.
Noun:
Part of the body: In anatomy, the shank refers to the part of the leg between the knee and ankle, often specifically used in reference to animals like sheep or deer.
Tool or part: In manufacturing or crafts, a shank can refer to the part of a tool or implement that connects the working end to the handle or base.
Golf:
Golf club: In golf, the shank is a term used to describe a mish*t shot where the ball strikes the hosel (the part of the club that connects the shaft to the club head), causing the ball to veer sharply to the right (for a right-handed golfer).
The meaning of “shank” really depends on the context in which it’s used!
Tips for tomorrow’s Wordle
It might seem like Wordle is all luck, but there are a few good practices you can use to help get as many clues as possible in just a few guesses, making it that much more likely you can figure out the final word before you run out of tries. The most important guess is your first, and the trick is to load up on vowels (A, E, I, O, and U).
Some popular starting words people have had good luck with are “adieu,” “media,” “arise,” and “radio.” Just make sure not to pick a word with double letters, or you’re wasting precious guesses. The aim here is to try to figure out which vowels the mystery word contains, then layer in common consonants and close in from there.
Your second word, assuming that the first one gave you a good jumping-off point, should begin to lean more heavily on common consonants like R, S, and T. More good ones here we’ve seen are “stern,” “irate,” and “atone.” You never want to reuse any letters from a prior round that showed up as gray — you know they aren’t in the word.
Now that’s all solved and the definition is taken care of, and you’re armed with some tips to crush tomorrow’s Wordle, here are some games like Wordle you can try today.
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Here comes the spoiler: Today's Wordle answer is SHANK. It's a term golfers use when they hit the ball with the extreme heel of the club (football players can shank a kick, too).
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Hint #2: There are two vowels. Hint #3: There are no duplicated letters. Hint #4: Today's Wordle starts with the letter "T." Hint #5: Related words include "poison," "venom" and "diseases."
Today's word is BLOND, an adjective. According to Webster's New World College Dictionary, it means “very light in color” and is often used in reference to a person with fair hair and light eyes.
Get your last guesses in now, because it's your final chance to solve today's Wordle before we reveal the solution. Drumroll please!SHANK. Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time.
Here comes the spoiler: Today's Wordle answer is SHANK. It's a term golfers use when they hit the ball with the extreme heel of the club (football players can shank a kick, too). It's also used in prison movies to mean a homemade knife, or as a verb meaning to stab someone with that knife.
The 1,000th game answer was ERUPT, as in, "Dad might ERUPT with anger if he forgets to play Wordle and loses his 800-game streak." ERUPT, by Wordle standards, is not that tough. Two vowels, plus T and R, which are among the most popular letters used in all English words.
The Free Dictionary lists more than 158,000 words with five letters. The the Official Scrabble Dictionary (which allows some pretty obscure five-letter words), puts the number at about 9,000.
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WordleBot rates SLATE as 99/100 for skill, the highest score it awards. However, it gives the same ranking to CRANE, CRATE, SLANT, TRACE and CARTE, so any of those six would be a great choice of Wordle starting word. Alternatively, researchers at MIT have calculated that the best word to start Wordle is SALET.
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