Wordle isn’t too tough today, as it uses pretty common letters.

But the answer might not come to your mind right away.

Hint: Think about fakes.

And read on for more hints, and the Wordle answer for today.

Here’s theConnections answer for today, and here’s theanswer for Strands.

And do you solve theNYT Mini Crossword?

Here’s today’s answer for that.

Today’s Wordle hints

Before we show you today’sWordleanswer, 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.

Wordle hint No.

3: Start letter

Today’s Wordle answer starts with the letter D.

Wordle hint No.

4: On the hunt

Today’s Wordle answer has a special meaning for duck hunters.

Wordle hint No.

TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER

Here comes the spoiler: Today’s Wordle answer is DECOY.

Yesterday’s Wordle answer

Yesterday’s Wordle answer, July 15, No.

1122, was SWOON

Past Wordle answers

July 11, No.

1118: CAMEO

July 12, No.

1119: JIFFY

July 13, No.

1120: ENACT

July 14, No.

I’ve even rounded upwhat I learned playing the hit online word puzzle for a full year.

Still need a starter word?

I tend to stick to starter words that have the most popular letters used in English words.

I like TRAIN as a starter, though I have a friend who uses TRAIL.

I’ve read that peopleuse the financial term ROATE, but I like to use words I actually know.

What is Wordle?

If you read this far, you know how to play.

The New York Timesbought the game from creator Josh Wardlefor seven figures in 2022.

It was convenient, too, that he has a name that plays off “word.”

Spoiler: That 1,000th word was ERUPT.

As in, “Dad will erupt if the Wordle is so tough he loses his streak.”