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Mike Prospero

Today's Wordle is wrecking people's streaks — here's why April 27's puzzle is so hard

Wordle on a smartphone screen.

If you're having trouble solving today's Wordle, you're not alone. The puzzle for April 27, 2026, puzzle #1,773, is one of the more difficult Wordles to come along in quite a while.

The New York Times' Wordlebot says that today's puzzle has an average of 4.4 guesses, which is high.

What makes today's Wordle so hard? We're not going to be giving the answer away just yet (check out our Wordle hints for that or scroll down below the spoiler warning), but the biggest reason is that a single letter is repeated three times, which has occurred less than 10 times in the entire history of the game.

Ok, here's one hint to help you solve the difficult puzzle — the thrice-repeated letter is a vowel. And, it's not the first time that it's happened for this particular letter.

While the repeated letter is very common, its triple occurrence makes it unlikely that many will figure it out within the allotted number of guesses.

According to the Wordlebot, just 1.9% of players figured it out on the second turn; 12.3% solved it in three tries, 39.2% solved it in four, 69.9% by turn five, and 89.6 got the correct answer in six, which leaves a little over 10% who could not solve the puzzle.

In comparison to the hardest Wordles of 2025, today's shouldn't be overly difficult, as the NYT average is 4.4 guesses; last year, TIZZY received a 5.4 rating by the WordleBot, and EAGER was an incredible 6.0.

Today's Wordle answer

So, what is today's Wordle answer for game #1,773?

Without further delay, check out the answer for April 27's Wordle — it's EERIE.

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