CNET’s Wordle Hint April 16 coverage says today’s puzzle, No. 1,762, is one that will stump a lot of players and break a few streaks. The answer begins with C, has no repeated letters and carries two vowels, but the bigger clue is the one that points straight back to the Book of Genesis.
The answer is CUBIT, an archaic unit of measurement often used in descriptions of Noah’s ark. That makes it one of those Wordle solutions that looks ordinary only after you know it, not before. For players who want a better starting point, the article recommends TRAIN, STERN and AUDIO. It also says that if the board shows STA_E, a guess using the R, T and L, such as TWIRL, is a smart move.
The puzzle lands a day after Wordle answer No. 1,761 was BEGUN on April 15, and CNET’s daily hints article again folds in the rest of its New York Times games coverage, including Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands. The same report also points readers to a new study naming Wordle’s 10 toughest words of 2025, a reminder that this game’s hardest answers are often the ones that feel simplest after the fact.
For anyone still staring at the grid, today’s clue did exactly what it was meant to do: narrow the field without giving the game away. Once the Genesis hint is in place, CUBIT is the kind of answer that stops being obscure and starts looking inevitable.
