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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for April 15, #1761

Here are hints and the answer for today's Wordle for April 15, No. 1,761.

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CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.
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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: First letter

Today's Wordle answer begins with B.

Wordle hint No. 4: Last letter

Today's Wordle answer ends with N.

Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning

Today's Wordle answer is the past participle of the verb that means to start something.

TODAY'S WORDLE ANSWER

Today's Wordle answer is BEGUN.

Yesterday's Wordle answer

Yesterday's Wordle answer, April 14, No. 1760, was CYCLE.

Recent Wordle answers

April 10, No. 1756: CAROM

April 11, No. 1757: PRUDE

April 12, No. 1758: ALLEY

April 13, No. 1759: ELFIN