{"id":615853,"date":"2026-04-18T21:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T21:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/615853\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T21:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T21:52:11","slug":"todays-nyt-wordle-hints-answer-and-help-for-april-18-1764","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/615853\/","title":{"rendered":"Today’s NYT Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for April 18 #1764"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer?\u00a0Click here for today’s Wordle hints<\/a>, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.<\/p>\n

Today’s\u00a0Wordle puzzle<\/a>\u00a0is an unsual word, and I wonder if some puzzle-solvers might not be familiar with it. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words<\/a>. If you need hints and the answer, read on.<\/p>\n

Read more: New Study Reveals Wordle’s Top 10 Toughest Words of 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Today’s Wordle hints<\/p>\n

Before we show you today’s\u00a0Wordle<\/a>\u00a0answer, we’ll give you some hints. If you don’t want a spoiler, look away now.<\/p>\n

Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats<\/p>\n

Today’s Wordle answer has no repeated letters.<\/p>\n

Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels<\/p>\n

Today’s Wordle answer has two vowels, plus one sometimes vowel.<\/p>\n

Wordle hint No. 3: First letter<\/p>\n

Today’s Wordle answer begins with T.<\/p>\n

Wordle hint No. 4: Last letter<\/p>\n

Today’s Wordle answer ends with Y.<\/p>\n

Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning<\/p>\n

Today’s Wordle answer can refer to a person who uses flattery or fawns over a boss. Think Mr. Smithers on The Simpsons.<\/p>\n

TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER<\/p>\n

Today’s Wordle answer is TOADY.<\/p>\n

Yesterday’s Wordle answer<\/p>\n

Yesterday’s Wordle answer, April 17, No. 1763, was BELLE.<\/p>\n

Recent Wordle answers<\/p>\n

April 13, No. 1759: ELFIN<\/p>\n

April 14, No. 1760: CYCLE<\/p>\n

April 15, No. 1761: BEGUN<\/p>\n

April 16, No. 1762: CUBIT<\/p>\n

What’s the best Wordle starting word?<\/p>\n

Don’t be afraid to use our tip sheet ranking all the letters in the alphabet by frequency of uses<\/a>. In short, you want starter words that lean heavy on E, A and R, and don’t contain Z, J and Q.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some solid starter words<\/a> to try:<\/p>\n

ADIEU<\/p>\n

TRAIN<\/p>\n

CLOSE<\/p>\n

STARE<\/p>\n

NOISE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Looking for the most recent Wordle answer?\u00a0Click here for today’s Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-615853","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}