Today's NYT Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Jan. 2, #1293 – CNET

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I lucked out today. The New York Times Wordle answer shared a lot of letters with one of my favorite starter words. Today’s word is a fairly basic one, with no unusual letters. If you need hints and answers, 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 starts with the letter C.

Wordle hint No. 4: Ending

Today’s Wordle answer ends in a vowel.

Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning

Today’s Wordle answer is the past tense of a verb meaning to select something.

TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER

Today’s Wordle answer is CHOSE.

Yesterday’s Wordle answer

Yesterday’s Wordle answer, Jan. 1, No. 1292, was NERVE.

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