April 26’s Wordle answer isn’t that hard to solve if players use hints or one of our suggested starting words. The answer isn’t as common, but a few words sound very similar and should get you on the right path. The answer contains two vowels that should be easy to figure out if you use Wordle’s alternate mode or one of our starting words.

You can use Wordle’s hard mode to solve today’s answer and find the two vowels without wasting too many attempts. However, once you find the correct spots of the vowels, you will not be able to use them in other spots. Most times, this gives you a good idea about the answer so that you don’t have to waste your attempts on random guesses.

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Best Starting Words For Today’s Wordle Answer

Three Starting Words To Help You Solve Wordle

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If you haven’t started today’s Wordle, you can use three starting words to give you a great start. It’s advisable to use these hints so that you don’t waste your first attempt on a random guess and don’t get the desired result. Using any of the starting words will let you discover at least some attributes from the answer, such as consonants, vowels, or even some of the letters. With this information, you will have a great starting point and should have an easier time-solving today’s answer.

If you prefer to use your own best starting words and combos, they might work for today’s answer. However, the suggested words below are curated for today’s Wordle answer:

Challenging Start Word For Today's Wordle

LUCID:

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

Medium Start Word For Today's Wordle

VAPOR:

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

Easy Start Word For Today's Wordle

RAPID:

  • Shares one consonant with today's answer.
  • Shares two vowels 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 on YouTube.

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

April 26 #1042

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If you don’t want to waste your attempts with random guesses, you can make some informed guesses using hints. These hints are akin to clues you may have seen in crossword puzzles, so they don’t spoil the answer but will point you in the right direction. Hopefully, the four hints below should help you solve April 26’s Wordle answer.

Hint 1

There are no repeating letters.

Hint 2

The answer is an adjective.

Hint 3

The vowels are in the 2nd & 4th positions.

Hint 4

Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.

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Today's Word Answer

April 26 #1042

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Since today’s Wordle answer is not easy to solve, you might have used most of your attempts if you didn’t use any hints or the above starting words. It is better to use the actual answer instead of risking your streak with another guess. However, if you used the easiest starting word we mentioned earlier, you would have been able to solve the answer fairly quickly.

April 26’s Wordle answer is VAPID.

Last 10 Wordle Answers

Wordle on a phone with the Answer graphic and flying letters in the background

If you’re wondering which answers Wordle has already used, here’s a list of the past 10 answers.

April 25

#1041

INTRO

April 24

#1040

OVERT

April 23

#1039

ROVER

April 22

#1038

LASER

April 21

#1037

JOLLY

April 20

#1036

LUCID

April 19

#1035

RAISE

April 18

#1034

FACET

April 17

#1033

TITHE

April 16

#1032

SHANK

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Connections Icon with a purple background from NYT

If you need more games similar to Wordle, we have four recommendations you can check out right now. These games are pretty similar to Wordle, as some borrow the same rules and mechanics. The puzzles are also not that complicated and don’t take too much time to solve. Here are four more games you can play right after Wordle.

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

Absurdle

The game actively tries to avoid giving you the answer. With each guess, Absurdle reveals as little information as possible.

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.

Yes

IYKYK

A combination of a word and card game, you must figure out an acronym in three attempts.

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