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Today's subtle hint

What you chew with.

Letter pattern clues (spoiler-light)

  • Starts with: T
  • Vowels: one unique vowel appears twice
  • Repeats: two different letters occur twice
  • Part of speech: noun (a body part)

The answer to Wordle #1551

TEETH

Definition: the hard, enamel-coated structures in the jaws used for biting and chewing.

Why this one can trip you up

  • Double letters twice: both T and E repeat, which many players under-test until late.
  • “One vowel” confusion: the puzzle uses only one unique vowel (E), but it shows up twice.
  • Common decoys: words like “TENTH” can fit partial feedback and pull you off course if you ignore duplicate vowels.

Recent answers (useful for pruning guesses)

  • Sep 16: LEFTY
  • Sep 15: ALONG
  • Sep 14: NOISY
  • Sep 13: NADIR
  • Sep 12: THROB
  • Sep 11: CHAIR
  • Sep 10: POUTY
  • Sep 9: TRICK
  • Sep 8: CHIRP
  • Sep 7: TENOR

Strategy notes for repeated letters

  • Confirm duplicates early: once you place a likely vowel (E) or consonant (T), spend a guess testing whether it doubles. It often saves more turns than spinning on new letters.
  • Cover high-frequency consonants: mixes like SLATE, REACT, or CRANE are still efficient openers for surfacing where doubles might land.
  • Mind position locks in Hard Mode: when enabled in the in-game settings, you must reuse revealed letters/positions, which can accelerate confirming duplicates if you plan around it.
  • Post-game diagnostics: the optional Wordle Bot can analyze your line and highlight where a duplicate test would have shortened the solve.

New to Wordle?

You have six guesses to find a five-letter word. After each guess, tiles show feedback: gray (letter not in the word), yellow (in the word, wrong spot), green (right letter, right spot). Letters can appear more than once—even if the keyboard shows a letter as gray from an earlier position.

If you like browsing past puzzles

The New York Times offers an official Wordle Archive for subscribers, useful for tracking patterns and building better openers.

Good luck tomorrow—watch for those hidden doubles.