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Today’s Wordle puzzle isn’t that tough but it still took me a while to put the fairly common letters in the right order. 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

Today’s Wordle answer has two vowels.

Wordle hint No. 3: Start letter.

Today’s Wordle answer begins with S.

Wordle hint No. 4: Get your compass

Today’s Wordle answer is a direction.

Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning

Today’s Wordle answer describes the area of the US that includes such states as Georgia and Alabama.

TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER

Today’s Wordle answer is SOUTH.

Yesterday’s Wordle answer

Yesterday’s Wordle answer, Aug. 10, No. 1513 was MINTY.

Recent Wordle answers

Aug. 6, No. 1509: GROAN

Aug. 7, No. 1510: CORAL

Aug. 8, No. 1511: IMBUE

Aug. 9, No. 1512: NASAL

What’s the best Wordle starting word?

Don’t be afraid to use our tip sheet ranking all the letters in the alphabet by frequency of uses. In short, you want starter words that lean heavy on E, A and R, and don’t contain Z, J and Q. 

Some solid starter words to try:

ADIEU

TRAIN

CLOSE

STARE

NOISE