Wordle players got a tougher challenge on April 16, with the hints and answer for puzzle No. 1,762 built around a word likely to stump a lot of people and break a few streaks.
The solution was a five-letter word with no repeated letters, two vowels and a first letter of C: CUBIT. It is an archaic unit of measurement, the kind often used when describing Noah’s ark.
That made it a sharp turn from April 15, when Wordle No. 1,761 was BEGUN. The daily pattern is familiar by now, but the game still lands hardest when it chooses a word that feels ordinary only after you know it.
Wordle remains part of a larger set of NYT puzzle products that also includes the Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands, and the site also points players toward a new starter word list to help with opening guesses. For April 16, though, the help mattered most because the answer was the kind that can erase a good streak in one move.
