'Wordle' today: Here's the answer and hints for April 5

If you're looking for hints and then a spoiler, they're right here.
By Caitlin Welsh  on 
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Good morning, angels! Whoops, sorry, that's my other job. Good morning, Wordlers! Has the clock ticked past midnight where you are? That means there's a fresh Wordle for you to solve.

You'll find today's Wordle answer at the bottom of this post, but if you want to try and work it out yourself first, you'll find a few clues as well as general Wordle tips, strategies, and info as you make your way down.

Created by engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner (romance!) and later bought by the New York Times in a seven-figure deal, Wordle has become a daily habit for thousands of people, and inspired countless clones and variations on the basic guessing-game format.

Try the diabolically hard Absurdle, the maddeningly fun music game Heardle, the multi-game variants that add up to the 31-word Grand Slam (aka Untrigintordle) — or you might want to go deeper with Wordle clones for specific fandoms.

Need more Wordle? Here's the answer and hints for April 6

What's the best Wordle starting word?

Generally, you want to lock in or rule out at least two vowels, and a couple of common consonants. We've got plenty of ideas for you to try.

Why are there two different Wordle answers some days?

Some people found there were two different possible Wordle answers again last week. Here's why.

Is Wordle getting harder? It feels like it's harder lately!

No, it's not getting harder. In fact, we've technically all been playing it on easy mode — here's how to switch on Hard Mode.

Dig into the Wordle archive

Just one Wordle a day not doing it for you? Good news. You can also play the whole archive of past Wordles.

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Yesterday's Wordle: Here's the April 3 Wordle in case you're looking for it. We do this every day.

Here's a subtle hint for today's Wordle answer:

You might see it more often with the prefixes "pre-" or "post-" than on its own.

Does today's Wordle answer have a double letter?

It does!

Today's Wordle is a 5-letter word that ends with...

It ends with an L. Hopefully your game today does not.

What's the answer to Wordle today?

OK, OK, we'll tell you.

Ready?

It is...

NATAL.

A slightly cheeky one, this — it's got that double vowel, which you might have got lucky with if you like to keep an A in your starter.

It's also a word that, as I've noted, you might hear more often as part of "prenatal" and "postnatal". But I promise it's a word on its own! As you might guess, it means relating to birth.

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Caitlin Welsh

Caitlin is Mashable's Australian Editor. She has written for The Guardian, Junkee, and any number of plucky little music and culture publications that were run on the smell of an oily rag and have since been flushed off the Internet like a dead goldfish by their new owners. She also worked at Choice, Australia's consumer advocacy non-profit and magazine, and as such has surprisingly strong opinions about whitegoods. She enjoys big dumb action movies, big clever action movies, cult Canadian comedies set in small towns, Carly Rae Jepsen, The Replacements, smoky mezcal, revenge bedtime procrastination, and being left the hell alone when she's reading.


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