Continue this series of guesses with today’s Wordle answer for May 19, puzzle number 334.
To solve a Wordle puzzle, you must highlight each letter in a 5-letter word in green. The correct letters in the wrong position turn orange, so you have to guess again, but they give you vital clue as to what the solution might be.
There are thousands of possible 5-letter words, so just a few hundred below leaves a lot to run.
In addition to the answer and some useful tips to help you get started if you’re stuck, we have a current list of previous puzzles so you know what you’ve already used.
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Clues and hints for today’s answer to Wordle
The problem you are facing is clear, but sometimes when you try too hard, you can look directly through Wordle’s answer, looking you in the face.
Here are some tips to help you not ruin your chances of a good result.
Your clues are:
- Today’s answer contains 1 vowel
- The vowel has appeared in only one of the last 5 words
- The answer ends with a double letter
Previous Wordle responses
All of these words have been used in Wordle puzzles for the past few weeks. They won’t appear twice, but you can still guess them if you need letter ideas.
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Today’s answer from Wordle on May 19
Wordle’s answer today is glass.
Although they appear relatively often, double-letter words always cause problems in Wordle because you are so focused on removing new letters.
Record another victory for players who use the common first assumptions of “crate” and “crane”, as they must start with “a” in the correct position.
In British English, glass is one of the most common examples of a phonetic phenomenon called “trap-and-bath separation”. This is where English speakers in the north of England use the short vowel sound found in the word ‘trap’, where South English speakers would use a long one that sounds more like ‘ahhhh’.
The feature doesn’t actually appear in American English, but you can hear something similar if you think about how some older people in the northeastern United States would say “aunt” – I heard it on podcast replays on the popular radio show Car Talk, for example .
There are a lot more fun word puzzles if you’re still looking for some stimulation – try these seven alternatives to Wordle.
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