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Today's Wordle for April 4 Could Break Your Win Streak: Here's the Answer

Today's Wordle No. 1,385 for April 4 is a weird word, with an uncommon first letter. Here are our hints and the answer.

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Read on for help with Wordle.

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Today's Wordle puzzle is a real stumper. Hope you didn't break your streak! 

If you have an avid aquarium hobbyist in your house, you might know this word. For me, it's a word I knew, but not one I think of often. Plus, the first letter isn't one I would usually guess right away. (If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words.) 

Read on for hints and today's Wordle answer.

Today's Wordle hints

Before we show you today's Wordle answer, we'll give you some hints. If you don't want a spoiler, look away now.

Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats

Today's Wordle answer has one repeated letter.

Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels

There is one vowel in today's Wordle answer.

Wordle hint No. 3: Start letter

Today's Wordle answer begins with the letter K.

Wordle hint No. 4: Under the sea

Today's Wordle answer is often associated with the ocean.

Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning

Today's Wordle answer can refer to small crustaceans that are a vital food source for many marine mammals.

TODAY'S WORDLE ANSWER

Today's Wordle answer is KRILL.

Yesterday's Wordle answer

Yesterday's Wordle answer, April 3, No. 1384 was SHEAR.

Recent Wordle answers

March 30, No. 1380: QUOTA

March 31, No, 1381: BOOTY

April 1, No. 1382: JEWEL

April 2, No. 1383: CURSE

Quick tips for Wordle

#1: Check our list ranking the popularity of all the letters in the alphabet and choose your starter words accordingly. (TRAIN, STERN and AUDIO are good.)

#2: Don't forget that letters can be used more than once.

#3: Many words are similar. You don't want to use up multiple guesses that don't advance your cause. So if the puzzle is STA_E, don't guess STARE, STATE and STALE. Guess something that uses that R, T and L, like TWIRL.