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The March 26 Wordle Could Break Your Streak: Here Are Hints and the Answer

It's a common word, but today's Wordle No. 1,376 for Wednesday, March 26 is especially tough to guess. Read on for tips.

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Read on for help with Wordle.

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Today's Wordle puzzle almost broke my streak. It's a common word, with many meanings, but the letter placement could trip you up, like it did me. And if the amount of people discussing it online are any indicator, it was tough for a lot of other players, too. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on.

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 no repeated letters.

Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels

There are two vowels in today's Wordle answer.

Wordle hint No. 3: Start letter

Today's Wordle answer begins with the letter E.

Wordle hint No. 4: Noodling around

Today's Wordle answer is a common pasta shape.

Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning

Today's Wordle answer refers to the joint between the forearm and the upper arm.

TODAY'S WORDLE ANSWER

Today's Wordle answer is ELBOW.

Yesterday's Wordle answer

Yesterday's Wordle answer, for March 25, No. 1,375, was SHELF.

Recent Wordle answers

March 21, No. 1,371: NUDGE

March 22, No. 1,372: AMBLE

March 23, No. 1,373: DOPEY

March 24, No. 1,374: ANGLE

Will Wordle run out of words?

When Wordle began, creator Josh Wardle used a list of five-letter words he'd shared with his partner, picking only the words they recognized. While that's more than 2,000 words, more than half of them have already been used.

Wordle editor Tracy Bennett admitted that the game will eventually have to come to grips with the fact that the word list is not eternal.

"One possibility is that we could recycle old words at some point, like when we get close to the end," Bennett told a Wordle player on TikTok.

She also said the editors might throw all the words back in and reuse them, or allow plurals, or past tense, something that's not done now.

Bennett hasn't commented on it, but it seems possible Wordle could expand to six-letter words, too. Options abound.