Today’s Wordle Answer Revealed: Get the Solution, Expert Hints & Winning Strategies

If you haven’t solved puzzle #1497 yet, fair warning: today’s Wordle answer is GOFER, a five-letter noun meaning an aide who “goes for” items or errands for someone else. Why GOFER Surprised So Many Players • The word contains an uncommon consonant blend (GF) in its opening pair. • It repeats no letters, reducing opportunities for the game-saving double-letter guess. • The ‑ER ending is popular, but pairing it with an O as the only vowel narrowed viable options late in the game. Letter-by-Letter Breakdown G – Appears in just 7 % of Wordle solutions as the first letter. O – One of the five most frequent vowels, but today it occupies the second slot instead of the more common third. F – Statistically the 17th most common consonant overall; showing up yellow can lead solvers toward FARCE, FOCAL or FROST before GOFER. E – A comfort letter for many, its green reveal usually triggers a rush of ‑ER guesses like LAYER or METER. R – The third-most common final letter in the Wordle archive, yet pairing with F instead of the usual D, T or S sent many streaks to the brink. Strategic Hints That Could Have Helped 1. Open with a balanced starter such as “SLATE” or “CRANE” to capture common vowels and consonants early. 2. Follow with a consonant-rich probe—“DOUGH” or “FRISK”—to test less frequent letters like G and F. 3. If you located O__ER by turn three, rule out DOPER, MOVER and BOXER by checking unused consonants from the high-value set {F, G, L, V}. What “GOFER” Teaches About Future Puzzles Expect the New York Times to keep sprinkling in workplace slang, sports jargon and vintage colloquialisms. Adding a few offbeat words to your mental list (e.g., USHER, GONER, HOVER) raises your odds when the puzzle swerves away from everyday nouns. Word Origin Nugget “Go-for” emerged in American English in the 1930s as clipped office slang; by the 1960s it had fused into the single word we typed out this morning, GOFER. Quick Tips to Protect Your Streak • Diversify second guesses: repeating three letters from guess one wastes precious slots. • Track hard consonants: C, F, G, J, K, V, W, Y and Z account for most late-game curveballs. • Keep a paper list or phone note of past solutions; Wordle never repeats a winning word. Come back tomorrow for fresh hints the moment puzzle #1498 drops—and may your green tiles line up on turn two!