'Half the alphabet could have been the start letter': September 3’s difficult Wordle answer is ending streaks — here’s why it’s so tough

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Things have been busy over at the NYT's puzzle department. A day after announcing they're bringing new puzzles to subscribers we get another devious Wordle answer for September 3. If it's got you reaching for today's Wordle hint, I don't blame you.

According to our own in-house Wordle expert, today's answer is 'unusual' for the very reason that it starts with a letter you hardly ever find at the front of a word. That's enough to trip up a lot of people and according to the New York Times' WordleBot, the average player completes Wordle #1,902 in 4.3 moves for easy mode, or 4.2 if playing by hard rules.