Wordle Tips and Solution for Monday, 26th May 2025
For those seeking the solution to today's Wordle on May 26, 2025 (#1437), look no further. Here, we offer some clues and tips to help you unravel the day's puzzle, followed by the answer itself. Keep scrolling if you're ready for the hints (and the solution).
Understanding Wordle
Wordle is available online here on the New York Times website. Each day, a new five-letter word puzzle goes live at midnight, your local time.
Begin by guessing a five-letter word. The letters in your chosen word will turn green if they match the secret word, yellow if they are correct but in the wrong position, or gray if they are not part of the day's secret word. For more information, please refer to our guide on playing Wordle and our advanced strategy guide.
Are you ready for the hints? Let us proceed!
Unusual letters in today's Wordle
For this puzzle, all letters are typical, falling within the old typesetters' phrase, ETAOIN SHRDLU. (Remember this one? Pronounce it "Edwin Shirdloo," like a name, and imagine him as a friend who can help!)
Hint for today's Wordle
Today's word is "Unmanned Flyer."
Duplicate letters in today's Wordle
There are no repeated letters today.
Vowels in today's Wordle
Today's word contains two vowels.
Starting and ending letters of today's Wordle
The first letter of today's word is "D," and the last letter is "E."
Solution to today's Wordle
Got your guesses ready? Today's word is DRONE.
How I solver today's Wordle
I started with RAISE, TOUCH, and BLOND, ultimately discovering DRONE as the solution.
Yesterday's Wordle solution
Yesterday's Wordle was medium difficulty. The hint was "Illegally Earned" and the answer contained three common letters and two somewhat common letters.
The answer to yesterday's Wordle was GRIFT.
Wordle basics walkthrough
The objective of Wordle is to guess the day's secret word. Upon opening the game, you'll see an empty grid of letters. It's up to you to make the first move - choose any five-letter word.
Now, use the colors that appear to gain clues about the word: Green means you correctly guessed a letter that's in the right position. For instance, if you guessed PARTY, but the word was actually PURSE, the P and R will be green.
- Yellow means the letter is somewhere within the word but not in the guessed position. (For example, if you guessed PARTY, but the word was actually ROAST, the R, A, and T will all be yellow.)
- Gray means the letter is not in the solution word at all. (If you guessed PARTY and everything is gray, it's safe to assume the solution cannot be PURSE or ROAST.)
You have six guesses before the game ends.
Suggested starter words for Wordle
For the starting guess, choose common letters to improve your chances of receiving green and yellow squares. While there isn't a single "best" starting word, the New York Times' Wordle analysis bot has recommended using one of the following options:
- CRANE
- TRACE
- SLANT
- CRATE
- CARTE
Some other good picks might be ARISE or ROUND.
Winning at Wordle
Winning at Wordle boils down to utilizing your guesses to gather information about the letters in the word. If you know, for example, that the word must end in "OUND," don't waste time guessing MOUND, ROUND, SOUND, or HOUND. Instead, guess MARSH if the "H" lights up in yellow, revealing the solution.
Best alternatives to Wordle
If you've become a five-letter guessing game enthusiast, here are the top alternatives, ranked by difficulty:
- Wheeldle, allowing you to play multiple puzzles one after another
- Dordle, Quordle, and Octordle, which challenges you to solve two or four (or even eight or sixteen) puzzles simultaneously using the same guesses
- Waffle, where you rearrange letters in a grid consisting of several five-letter words to find the solutions
- Absurdle, a twist on the original game where the answer changes after each guess, but remains consistent with its previous feedback. You'll need to maneuver the game into a corner by making strategic guesses until only one possible answer remains
- Squabble, playing Wordle against other players with a timer running. The last player standing wins
- Antiwordle, a game where you try to avoid guessing the day's solution, required to reuse any letters you accidentally guessed correctly in the process, making the game more challenging and interesting as it goes on.
- The online Wordle game, a daily entertainment for many, is hosted on the New York Times website.
- Today's Wordle answer, 'DRONE', can be categorized as an entertainment-related term as it fits within the context of movies and TV, given it pertains to unmanned flyers often seen in film and television.
- While playing Wordle, social-media platforms serve as a platform for players to share their experiences, strategies, and, of course, their Wordle answers with others.
