Catching Up on Yesterday's Wordle
If you missed a day, this page has you covered: it shows yesterday's Wordle answer at the top, followed by a running list of recent Wordle answers from the past couple of weeks. Whether you forgot to play, want to settle a debate with a friend, or are checking whether a word has come up before, the answer you need is right here — and it updates automatically every day.
For today's puzzle, head to our Wordle hints today page, which gives you progressive clues — vowel count, starting letter, word type — before revealing the answer, so you can keep your streak alive without spoiling the fun. This page is for the puzzles that have already closed.
Why People Look Up Yesterday's Wordle Answer
There are a few common reasons to check a past Wordle answer. The most frequent is simply missing a day — Wordle resets at midnight, and once the clock rolls over there is no way to play the previous puzzle inside the official game. Looking up the answer lets you see what you missed and keep your knowledge of recent words current.
Players also check yesterday's answer to confirm a result, to compare notes with friends who play on a different schedule, or to make sure an opening word they like has not just been used (the New York Times rarely repeats an answer within a short window). Whatever the reason, having yesterday's word plus a couple of weeks of history in one place saves you digging through the app.
How Recent Answers Help You Improve
Studying the last couple of weeks of Wordle answers is a surprisingly effective way to get better. A few patterns jump out quickly: answers lean toward common five-letter words, repeated letters appear more often than beginners expect, and certain letters (S, E, A, R, T) show up far more than others. Scanning recent answers trains your instinct for which words are "Wordle-likely".
Recent answers are also useful for tuning your opening strategy. Because the same answer will not appear again for a long time, you can safely cross recently used words off your list of guesses. And seeing the spread of vowels and consonants in the last two weeks helps you pick a starting word that covers the letters most likely to appear next.
When Does the Puzzle Reset?
The daily puzzle changes at midnight local time, which is why the board you were playing suddenly becomes "yesterday's" once the date rolls over. The official game keeps only the current day's puzzle available, so there is no built-in way to go back and play the one you missed — the app simply loads the new day. That midnight rollover is the single most common reason people end up searching for a previous answer rather than finding it in the app.
Because the puzzle is the same for everyone on a given calendar day, the answer on this page matches what every other player saw yesterday, no matter their time zone. If you want to keep a streak going, the practical tip is to play earlier in the day; if you only want to see what you missed, this page and the recent-answers list above have you covered. For unlimited practice on puzzles that never expire, try the playable games elsewhere on the site.
Other Daily Word Games
If you enjoy Wordle, you will probably like the rest of the daily lineup we cover. Try the four-board Quordle, the category puzzle Connections, the word-search-style Strands, or the geography game Globle. For the full history of past Wordle answers going back further than this page, see our Wordle answers archive.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yesterday's Wordle answer is shown in the card at the top of this page, along with its puzzle number and difficulty. The page updates automatically each day, so it always reflects the most recently completed puzzle.
The official Wordle only lets you play the current day's puzzle; once it resets at midnight, yesterday's puzzle is no longer playable in the app. You can still see the answer here, and play unlimited practice rounds of similar games on our site.
Wordle very rarely repeats an answer within a short period, so a word that appeared in the last couple of weeks is unlikely to come up again soon. That makes the recent-answers list useful for ruling words out of your guesses.
Today's answer and progressive hints are on our Wordle hints today page, which lets you reveal clues one at a time before seeing the answer.