{"id":252571,"date":"2026-01-26T14:53:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T14:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/252571\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T14:53:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T14:53:15","slug":"todays-nyt-wordle-hints-answer-and-help-for-jan-26-1682","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/252571\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s NYT Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Jan. 26 #1682"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"u-speakableText-p1\">Looking for the most recent Wordle answer?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/feature\/daily-puzzle-answers\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here for today&#8217;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<p class=\"u-speakableText-p2\">Today&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/games\/wordle\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" class=\"c-regularLink\">Wordle puzzle<\/a>\u00a0is an intriguing word, but the first letter is one I hardly ever guess. If you need a new starter word, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/wordle-player-cheat-sheet-here-are-the-most-popular-letters-used-in-the-english-language\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">our list of which letters show up the most in English words<\/a>. If you need hints and the answer, read on.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/gaming\/new-study-reveals-wordles-top-10-toughest-words-of-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">New Study Reveals Wordle&#8217;s Top 10 Toughest Words of 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Wordle hints<\/p>\n<p>Before we show you today&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/culture\/internet\/wordle-everything-you-need-to-know-about-2022s-biggest-word-game\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wordle<\/a>\u00a0answer, we&#8217;ll give you some hints. If you don&#8217;t want a spoiler, look away now.<\/p>\n<p>Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Wordle answer has no repeated letters.<\/p>\n<p>Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Wordle answer has two vowels.<\/p>\n<p>Wordle hint No. 3: First letter<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Wordle answer begins with F.<\/p>\n<p>Wordle hint No. 4: Last letter<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Wordle answer ends with K.<\/p>\n<p>Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Wordle answer can refer to a person who is obsessed with a particular activity or interest.<\/p>\n<p>TODAY&#8217;S WORDLE ANSWER<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Wordle answer is FREAK.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday&#8217;s Wordle answer<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday&#8217;s Wordle answer, Jan. 25, No. 1681 was STRUT.<\/p>\n<p>Recent Wordle answers<\/p>\n<p>Jan. 21, No. 1677: CUBIC<\/p>\n<p>Jan. 22, No. 1678: CLINK<\/p>\n<p>Jan. 23, No. 1679: BARON<\/p>\n<p>Jan. 24, No. 1680: CLIFF<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss any of our unbiased tech content and lab-based reviews. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=cnet.com#link=%7B%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=cnet.com%22,%22target%22:%22%22,%22absolute%22:%22%22,%22linkText%22:%22Add%20CNET%22%7D\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" class=\"c-regularLink\">Add CNET<\/a> as a preferred Google source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Looking for the most recent Wordle answer?\u00a0Click here for today&#8217;s Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-252571","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\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}