Today’s NYT Wordle Hints, Clues, and Answer for Monday, May 12, 2025

Wordle Hints and Answers #1423 (May 12, 2025): Need help cracking today's Wordle? We've got today's Wordle hints and answers to guide you through it!

Wordle offers a fresh puzzle every day, pushing players to guess a five-letter word within six tries. It’s an excellent way to flex your vocabulary muscles, but the difficulty can be daunting at times.

We’ll give you all the hints and clues necessary before revealing the answer, allowing you to solve it on your own first. Plus, we’ll break down the difficulty level of today’s Wordle and uncover some fun facts about the word.

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PS: We're revealing the Wordle answers for Monday, May 12, 2025. If you're looking for yesterday's answers, find the Wordle answers for Sunday, May 11, 2025, here.

Today's Daily Wordle Hints

Are you about to lose your Wordle streak? Check these hints to make sure you maintain it:

Wordle Hint 1: How many vowels are present in today's word?

Today's word has 2 vowels.

Wordle Hint 2: How many double letters are there in today's word?

There are no repeated letters.

Wordle Hint 4: What is today's Wordle starting or ending letter?

Today’s word starts with “B”.

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Today's Daily Wordle Answer

Last chance to try it on your own. Today's Wordle answers are right below.

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Today's Wordle answer for Monday, May 12, 2025, is: BICEP

How many turns did it take for you to solve? I was able to solve today's Wordle in four turns.

Today's Wordle Difficulty

The NYT Wordlebot will tell you how you have performed in today's game.

Today, it took around 4.0 guesses on average to get today's Wordle answer, while 23.1% of players got the answer within 3 turns.

The average luck score of all players for today's word is 58.1. The higher the number (up to 99), the higher the possibility of players eliminating possible solutions with every guess.

The average skill score of all players for today's word is 79.9. The higher the number (up to 99), the higher the efficiency of player guesses based on all possible solutions.

Interesting Facts About Today's Word

Here are some interesting facts about today's Wordle answer "BICEP":

The term "bicep" is commonly used as a shorthand for "biceps," which refers to the muscle located on the upper arm that is responsible for flexing the elbow.
The biceps muscle is anatomically divided into two main parts: the long head and the short head, which work together to allow for arm movement.
Strength training exercises that target the biceps, such as curls, are popular for building upper arm strength and improving aesthetics.
The word "biceps" comes from the Latin "biceps brachii," meaning "two-headed of the arm," which refers to its two muscle heads.

Yesterday Wordle Answers

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The Wordle answer for May 11, 2025, was DOWEL.

Wordlebot reports that the average number of guesses to get yesterday's answer was 4.5, and 9.7% of players got it in 3 turns or less.

Previous Wordle Answers

Looking for previous Wordle answers? Here is a complete list of Wordle answers from the last five days:

Wordle #1422, 11 May 2025: DOWEL
Wordle #1421, 10 May 2025: YEAST
Wordle #1420, 9 May 2025: TRIPE
Wordle #1419, 8 May 2025: BALMY
Wordle #1418, 7 May 2025: MACHO

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