Daily tips, hints, clues – everything you need to solve the January 26 (586) word (opens in new tab) the way you want is waiting for you just below. Need more help? No problem. You’re just a quick scroll or click away from the answer you’re looking for.
A few early guesses produced some useful yellow cards today, making it easy to put everything in the only valid places available. It’s quite a fun way to solve a Wordle; there’s an almost Tetris-like satisfaction in getting everything just right.
Word clue
A Wordle hint for Thursday 26 January
A broad-shouldered muscular person could be described as today’s answer, although this word can refer to any exceptionally powerful or sturdy object. Four of the five letters today refer to a type of meat.
Is there a double letter in today’s Wordle?
Yes, a vowel is used twice in today’s Wordle answer.
Wordle help: 3 tips to beat Wordle every day
If there’s one thing better than playing Wordle, it’s playing Wordle right. That’s why I’m going to share with you a few quick tips to put you on the road to success:
- A good opener contains a balanced mix of unique vowels and consonants.
- A tactical second guess helps to quickly reduce the collection of letters.
- The solution may contain repeated letters.
There’s no time pressure other than making sure it’s done before midnight. So there’s no reason not to treat the game like a newspaper crossword puzzle and come back to it later when you come up blank.
Today’s Wordle answer
What is the Wordle 586 Answer?
Some days those greens just don’t show up in time. The answer to the January 26 Wordle (586) is FLECK.
Previous answers
The last 10 Wordle answers
The more previous Wordle answers you can cram into your memory, the more likely you are to guess today’s Wordle answer without accidentally choosing a solution that has already been used. Previous Wordle Answers can also give you excellent ideas for fun opening words that will keep your daily puzzle solving fresh.
Here are some recent Wordle solutions:
- January 25: MAIZE
- January 24: COUNT
- January 23: RECEIVE
- January 22: MATEY
- 21st of January: BLAST
- January 20: MODIFY
- January 19: MUCKY
- January 18: CARD
- January 17th: TO ADOPT
- January 16: DRESS
Learn more about Wordle
Each day, Wordle presents you with six rows of five boxes, and it’s up to you to find out which secret five-letter word is hidden inside.
You’ll want it start with a strong word (opens in new tab) like ALERT – something that contains multiple vowels, regular consonants, and no repeated letters. Press Enter and the boxes will show which letters you got right or wrong. If a cell turns ⬛️, it means that the letter is not in the secret word at all. 🟨 means the letter is in the word, but not in that position. 🟩 means you have the right letter in the right place.
You want your second try to compliment the first, using another “good” word to cover common letters you missed last time, while also trying to avoid any letter you now know isn’t there in today’s answer.
After that, it’s just a matter of using what you’ve learned to narrow your guesses down to the correct word. You have a total of six attempts and can only use real words (so no filling in boxes with EEEEE to see if there is an E). Don’t forget that letters can also be repeated (e.g. BOOKS).
If you need more advice, feel free to take a look at our Wordle tips (opens in new tab)and if you want to know which words have already been used, you can scroll to the relevant section above.
Originally, Wordle was created by a software engineer Josh Wardle (opens in new tab), as a surprise for his partner who likes word games. From there, it spread to his family and was eventually released to the public. The word puzzle game has inspired tons since then games like Wordle (opens in new tab), refocusing the everyday gimmick around music or math or geography. It didn’t take long for Wordle to become as popular as it was sold to the New York Times for seven figures (opens in new tab). Surely it is only a matter of time before we all communicate exclusively in tri-colored boxes.