Wordle Tips for Monday, 28th April 2025 Solution Revealed
Ready to crack Wordle #1,409 from April 28, 2025? Here are some helpful clues, strategies, and eventually the answer. This one's a toughie; I managed to figure it out in six attempts. Proceed with caution, as we're about to reveal the solution for April 28's Wordle! If you're up for some hints (and the answer), let's dive in!
How to unravel Wordle
You can find Wordle right here on the New York Times website. Every day, a fresh puzzle goes live at midnight, based on your time zone.
Begin by guessing a five-letter word. If the letters in your word match the secret word's, they'll light up green if they're correctly placed or yellow if they're present but in a different spot. Gray letters mean the letters don't appear in the word at all. For more guidance, check out our play guide and my advanced tips. You can also find additional information at the bottom of this post.
Ready for the tips? Let's roll!
Any peculiar characters in today's Wordle?
We define common letters as those appearing in the old typesetters' phrase: ETAOIN SHRDLU. Memorize this one, imagine Edwin Shirdloo as a pal, and visualize him hanging out with you.
Today's word has only two letters from our mnemonic. One is common, while the another is fairly uncommon.
Can I have a sneaky peek at the hints for today's Wordle?
Doublespeak has been a legacy of power throughout history. Today's word embodies this concept.
Does today's Wordle boast any letter duplicates?
There's just one letter in today's word that appears twice.
How many vowels are found in today's Wordle?
Today's word sports a single vowel along with one "semi-vowel."
What's the first letter of today's Wordle?
Today's word initiates with D.
What's the ending letter of today's Wordle?
The final letter of today's word is Y.
What's the solution to today's Wordle?
Alright! Time to reveal today's word: DUMMY.
Unscrambling today's Wordle
I began with RAISE, TOUCH, and BLOND. I followed with GUMPY, leading to DUMMY as the answer.
Yesterday's Wordle answer
Yesterday's Wordle was moderately challenging. The hint referred to an overgrown lawn or garden, while the answer contained three ordinary letters and two less frequent ones.
Yesterday's Wordle was WEEDY.
The essence of Wordle fundamentals
The objective of the game is to determine the mystery word. Initially, you'll see an empty grid of letters on the Wordle screen. Guess any five-letter word, and you'll get feedback using colors:
- Green: This indicates a correct letter in the correct position.
- Yellow: This signifies a correct letter but in the wrong position.
- Gray: This means the letter isn't part of the solution word at all.
Make an educated guess, and then make another, aiming to find the secret word before running out of turns. You have six attempts, and then it's game over.
Embarking on the right foot in Wordle
What should you pick for the first guess? The ideal starters are rich in common letters to help boost the chances of getting yellow or green squares to help you pick a word. (Even getting all grays is important, as it rules out possibilities.)
Top choices might include ARISE, CRANE, CRAFT, ROUND, and SLATE. If you feel daring, you could also go with less common words like REQUYM or VEXING. Choose your own strategy, and watch it unfold!
Triumphing at Wordle
We've put together a few Wordle strategy guides that might catch your interest if you're a serious puzzle solver. Our consonant-focused guide can help you maximize the usage of consonants, while our most common letters guide focuses on using the most common letters. You might also find our advanced guide useful; it features a three-step approach to fishing for hints while boosting your speed at winning.
Remember, the key to winning is leveraging your guesses to gather information about the letters present in the word. If you know that the word must end in "-OUND," don't waste guesses on MOUND, ROUND, SOUND, and HOUND; instead, combine those consonants and guess MARSH. If the H lights up in yellow, you've just found your solution.
One last piece of guidance: the original Wordle employed a list containing about 2,300 solution words. However, after its acquisition by the NYT, the game now features a custom editor who handpicks the solutions. Sometimes they're tricky words that wouldn't have been part of the original list, and sometimes they're timely. For example, FEAST was the answer one Thanksgiving. Keep the theme in mind when you play.
Wordle's equally engaging alternatives
If you can't get enough of five-letter puzzles, check out the top-notch Wordle alternatives, listed in order of difficulty:
- Wheeldle, which lets you play multiple puzzles in quick succession.
- Dordle and Quordle, which require you to solve two (Dordle) or four (Quordle) puzzles simultaneously, with a single set of guesses. There's also Octordle (eight puzzles at once) and Sedecordle (16 puzzles at once).
- Waffle, which presents you with several five-letter words scrambled into a grid; you play by swapping letters until you solve the puzzle.
- Absurdle, which changes the solution after each guess but must stay faithful to initial feedback. Your goal is to strategically press the solution into a corner until you're left with only one possible answer that you can then guess.
- Squabble, a competitive version of Wordle where players compete against each other with a timer running. You incur damage if you spend too much time between guesses, and the last player standing wins.
- Antiwordle, a game where you aim to avoid guessing the daily solution correctly. During the game, you must reuse incorrect letters, making it increasingly difficult as time passes.
- Unveil the answer to Wordle #1,409 on April 28, 2025 by visiting the New York Times website daily for a fresh puzzle.
- Memorize the typsetter's phrase ETAOIN SHRDLU to help decipher Wordle answers as its letters are commonly found in English words.
- Solve today's cryptic Wordle using tips and strategies, as it's a challenging puzzler that requires a keen eye and told-you-so knowledge.
- Dive into the world of Wordle entertainment with puzzles designed to keep you guessing and civilization humming.
- Stay abreast of the latest Wordle solutions through books, social media, and various online resources, all while building your word Hunter skills.
