Wordle Hints

Wordle #451

Wordle Hints and Answer for Tuesday, September 13, 2022

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Today's puzzle is rated Medium difficulty. The answer is a noun, adjective with 2 vowels and uses fairly common letters, including at least one repeated letter.

Difficulty: Medium
noun, adjective

Letter Facts

Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Repeats
Yes
Letters
Fairly Common

Recommended Starting Words

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Recommended Starting Words

PLATEHAPLYPHIAL

Hints

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Starting Hint

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Starting Hint

This word relates to order, ranking, or being first in a sequence.

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Getting Warmer

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Getting Warmer

You might encounter this word in scientific contexts, the Greek alphabet, or when describing dominant members of a group.

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Letter Clue

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Letter Clue

The word contains the letter H.

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Stronger Hint

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Stronger Hint

In software development, this term describes an early version of a product before it goes to beta testing.

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Rhyming Clue

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Rhyming Clue

This word has a phonetic spelling used in radio communications.

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Final Clue

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Final Clue

It starts with A and ends with A. Think of the first letter of the Greek alphabet.

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Answer

ALPHA

This word comes from the first letter of the Greek alphabet and has been adopted into English to mean the beginning, the first, or the most dominant. It is commonly used in phrases like the leader of a wolf pack, an early software release version, or in science to denote the first in a series of related things.

Strategy Tip

This puzzle features a repeated letter, which can be tricky in Wordle. When you see a letter turn green but your word is still wrong, consider whether that letter might appear twice in different positions.