Today’s ‘Wordle’ #1,051 Clues, Hints and Answer for Sunday, May 5 Game

Are you finding today’s Wordle puzzle particularly tricky? Would you like a helping hand to get over the finishing line? Well then you are in luck: Newsweek has compiled a few hints to help you out.

The viral game, invented by Josh Wardle, a New York-based software engineer, is simple to follow. Players must guess one five-letter word per day and they have six attempts to get it. If a correct letter is in the right place, the tile will go green. If it is in the wrong place, it turns yellow. If it is not in the word at all, the tile goes gray.

Wardle invented it because he wanted a game “for me and my partner to enjoy” and tuned it up during the coronavirus lockdowns of 2020.

It then went public on November 1, 2021, and had 300,000 users on January 2, 2022, according to figures by Statista. The New York Times then purchased the game for an undisclosed seven-figure fee.

In an interview with Newsweek, Erhan Aslan, who teaches applied linguistics at the University of Reading in the U.K., provided some advice for Wordle players.

He said: “One thing that I think is important in this game is the starting word chosen. Starting off with words that include commonly used vowels, for example, e and a, consonants such as r and t, and sound sequences might be helpful. Choosing a word that starts with q, z, j, or x, for instance, may not be the best choice.

“As you get more feedback after a few guesses, users need to draw on some knowledge of phonics to narrow down or eliminate some words that they might be thinking. For example, if the second letter of the target word is l (indicated by green) and the player feels that the word starts with a consonant, they will need to know that there are only a few consonant cluster possibilities (such as bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl).”

The answer to today’s Wordle will be revealed further down this article, so scroll with care.

Wordle #1,051, Clues for Sunday, May 5

Below are five clues to help you solve today’s Wordle brainteaser.

Hint #1: The answer contains two vowels.

Hint #2: There are no repeated letters.

Hint #3: The third letter is a “C.”

Hint #4: The second letter is a vowel.

Hint #5: The word has two syllables.

Wordle #1,051 Answer for Sunday, May 5

The answer to today’s Wordle is “decal” which is “a picture, design, or label made to be transferred (as to glass) from specially prepared paper,” according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

A pretty niche word, we’re sure you’ll agree.

Wordle is released at midnight in your local time zone. Newsweek will be back with another round of hints and tips for each new game.

While you wait for the next game, why not give the geography guessing game Worldle or other word puzzles a try?