Wordle, the popular daily word puzzle owned by The New York Times, presents players with a new five-letter word to guess each day. The game allows six attempts to identify the correct word, with color-coded feedback guiding each guess: green indicates a correct letter in the correct position, yellow means the letter is in the word but in the wrong position, and gray signals the letter is not in the word at all.
For the puzzle dated April 12, 2026, players around the world are challenged with a new five-letter word. As with every daily Wordle, the puzzle becomes available at midnight in each player's local time zone, meaning some players may be solving the April 12 puzzle while others are still on April 11, depending on their location.
Wordle was originally created by software engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner. It went viral in late 2021 and was subsequently acquired by The New York Times in January 2022. Since then, it has remained one of the most widely played daily word games on the internet, with millions of players sharing their results on social media each day.
Players looking for hints are advised to start with words that use common letters such as E, A, R, I, O, T, N, and S. Strong opening words frequently recommended by players and analysts include CRANE, SLATE, AUDIO, and RAISE, as these cover a broad range of commonly used letters in English five-letter words.
