Wordle Hints and Answer for January 21, 2026 (#1,677)

Hint: Think in three dimensions. A second clue: the word begins and ends with the same letter.

Wordle hints for January 21

• Thematic hint: Think in three dimensions.
• Letter-position hint: The word begins and ends with the same letter.

These clues are attributed to Forbes Senior Contributor Erik Kain in the January 21 Wordle guide.

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Today’s Wordle answer

Spoiler: the answer to Wordle #1,677, published for Wednesday, January 21, 2026, was CUBIC. The date, puzzle number, and answer are listed together in the TechRadar archive and independently in the WordFinder archive.

How Wordle feedback works

Wordle gives players six tries to guess a hidden five-letter word. After each guess, colored tiles show how its letters compare with the answer:

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• Green: the letter is correct and in the correct position.
• Yellow: the letter appears in the answer, but in a different position.
• Gray: the letter does not appear in the answer.

The Forbes guide describes Wordle as a daily puzzle in which players try to guess the hidden word in six tries or fewer.

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