Wordle wasn’t going to end the week with an easy puzzle, so the game decided to throw a difficult challenge to ruin your Sunday. The answer contains a repeating letter that might be challenging to discover if you aren’t prepared for it. Thankfully, the repeating letter is not a vowel, so using hints or Wordle’s alternate move should be relatively easier.

Veterans tend to use Wordle’s hard mode as it lets you discover repeating letters and vowels faster than using random guesses. Since today’s answer has a repeat letter, we highly recommend using this mode. Since you cannot reuse confirmed letters in other spots, you have a better chance of discovering the repeating letter. If you use this mode in combination with one of our starting words, you shouldn’t face

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Best Starting Words For Today’s Wordle Answer

Three Starting Words To Help You Solve Wordle

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Since today’s Wordle answer has a repeating letter, you might want to use some words that will let you discover key attributes from the answer. We have selected three starting words that might help you discover common consonants, vowels, or even one of the repeating letters. But you should be wary as one of the starting words can confuse you while the other might spoil the answer.

Using some of the best starting words and combos could work for today’s answer; however, the below suggestions are hand-picked for today’s Wordle answer:

Challenging Start Word For Today's Wordle

SPOKE:

  • Shares no consonants with today's answer.
  • Shares one vowel with today's answer.
  • No letters are in the correct position for today's answer.

Medium Start Word For Today's Wordle

JUROR:

  • Shares no consonants with today's answer.
  • Shares one vowel with today's answer.
  • One letter is in the correct position for today's answer.

Easy Start Word For Today's Wordle

FOLLY:

  • Shares one consonant with today's answer.
  • Shares one vowel with today's answer.
  • Four letters are in the correct position for today's answer.

If you need some tips to solve most Wordle questions, check out this video by BuzzFeedPlayer player on YouTube.

Save Your Wordle Streak: Hints For Today's Wordle Answer

April 21 #1037

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If you need help solving today’s answer and don’t want to take any more risks, you can use some hints. These clues do not spoil the answer but will point you in the right direction. The whole purpose of these hints is that you can make a more informed decision so that your guess can solve April 21’s Wordle answer.

Hint 1

There is one repeating letter.

Hint 2

The answer is an adjective, noun, verb, and an adverb.

Hint 3

The vowel is in the 2nd position.

Hint 4

Full of high spirits.

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Today's Wordle Answer

April 21 #1037

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If you are on your last attempt, we do not recommend using another guess to solve today’s Wordle answer. Instead, using the actual answer is the right move here, as you will be able to carry forward your streak and try again tomorrow. Before we give you the answer, if you used all the starting words we suggested earlier, you could have solved the answer in about two attempts.

April 21’s Wordle answer is JOLLY.

Last 10 Wordle Answers

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If you’re wondering whether Wordle puzzles are getting more challenging or easier, here are the last 10 answers for reference.

April 20

#1036

LUCID

April 19

#1035

RAISE

April 18

#1034

FACET

April 17

#1033

TITHE

April 16

#1032

SHANK

April 15

#1031

EQUIP

April 14

#1030

BLIMP

April 13

#1029

STEEL

April 12

#1028

WHINY

April 11

#1027

LOUSE

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Game Name

How To Play

Is It Free To Play?

Connections (NYT)

Find the four words that share something in common. Find hints and tips to beat Connections with our daily answer article.

Yes

Lookdle

Guess the famous person from a pixelated picture.

Yes

The Game

Satisfy every "Rule" that the game prompts once a player has entered the desired . Rules can conflict with each other as you progress.

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Primel

Guess a five-digit prime number in six tries.

Yes

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Wordle
Puzzle
Released
October 1, 2021

ESRB
E for Everyone
Developer(s)
Josh Wardle
Publisher(s)
The New York Times Company
Platform(s)
Web Browser