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Today's Wordle puzzle is kind of crazy. The same letter shows up three times. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on.

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Today's Wordle hints

Before we show you today's Wordle answer, we'll give you some hints. If you don't want a spoiler, look away now.

Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats

Today's Wordle answer has one repeated letter, which appears three times.

Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels

Four out of the five letters are vowels, but one of them shows up three times. There are two different vowels: the threepeat, and another one.

Wordle hint No. 3: First letter

Today's Wordle answer begins with E.

Wordle hint No. 4: Last letter

Today's Wordle answer ends with E.

Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning

Today's Wordle answer refers to something that's strange or mysterious.

TODAY'S WORDLE ANSWER

Today's Wordle answer is EERIE.

Yesterday's Wordle answer

Yesterday's Wordle answer, April 26, No. 1772, was GLOSS.

Recent Wordle answers

April 22, No. 1768: SNORE

April 23, No. 1769: TWEET

April 24, No. 1770: DRUNK

April 25, No. 1771: WOMEN

What's the best Wordle starting word?

Don't be afraid to use our tip sheet ranking all the letters in the alphabet by frequency of uses. In short, you want starter words that lean heavy on E, A and R, and don't contain Z, J and Q. 

Some solid starter words to try:

ADIEU

TRAIN

CLOSE

STARE

NOISE