NYT Wordle #1309 Answer for January 18, 2025: Hints and Solution

The answer to the New York Times Wordle for Saturday, January 18, 2025—puzzle #1309—is SILLY. Want to solve it yourself first? Start with the spoiler-light hint below, then open the answer when you’re ready.

Hint for Wordle #1309

Goofy.

One more clue

The answer contains a double letter: two identical letters appear next to each other.

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How the solve played out

Forbes Senior Contributor Erik Kain described his own guesses as BLADE, FILMY, and SILKY before he entered SILLY. In his account, BLADE left 120 possible words, FILMY left five, and SILKY left two. Those counts describe Kain’s candidate list during his solve, not a general statistic about Wordle players or an official NYT measure.

Wordle #1309 answer

SILLY

Wordle Today’s archive lists January 18, 2025 as puzzle 1,309, and YourDictionary’s answer list also identifies SILLY for that date and number. These are third-party archives, not official NYT puzzle records.

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How Wordle’s color clues work

NYT’s Help Center explains the shared color rules while describing Wordle in 1: green marks a letter in the correct position, yellow marks a letter in the answer but in the wrong position, and gray marks a letter that is not in the answer.

Finding Wordle and its archive

The NYT Games app is available on iOS and Android, and its Games tab provides access to games and archives. NYT says non-subscribers have limited access to games, so access to an older puzzle may depend on your account. The app can also display Wordle stats and streaks.

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