Wordle #1405 Answer – April 24, 2025

This page covers Wordle puzzle #1405, played on Thursday, April 24, 2025. If you are playing it in the NYT Wordle archive, start with the hints. The answer comes after them, along with what the word means, how hard it was, and how the most popular starting words would have done.

Hints for Wordle #1405

Hint 1: How many vowels?

The answer has 3 vowels (A, E, I, O, U).

Hint 2: First letter

It starts with the letter G.

Hint 3: Last letter

It ends with the letter E.

Hint 4: Repeated letters?

Yes, one letter appears more than once.

Hint 5: Meaning

noun — A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.

Wordle #1405 Answer

The answer to Wordle #1405 on April 24, 2025 was:

GENIE

GENIE has been the Wordle answer only once so far.

What Does GENIE Mean?

Genie (noun): A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.

How Hard Was Wordle #1405?

4.0/10Medium
23%harder than this share of all 1,962 Wordles
1look-alike answers
  • 3 vowels, which a typical starting word uncovers quickly.
  • A repeated letter, which most players do not test until late.
  • Only common letters, with nothing unusual to find.
  • A few look-alike answers share four of its five letter spots.

Look-alike answers: GENRE.

How Popular Starting Words Did Against GENIE

Here is the color feedback each well-known opener would have given on this puzzle, and how many past Wordle answers would still fit after that one guess. Fewer is better.

OpenerFeedbackAnswers left
SLATESLATE98
CRANECRANE21
TRACETRACE94
STARESTARE79
RAISERAISE23
AUDIOAUDIO28

On this puzzle, CRANE was the most useful opener, leaving 21 possible answers. Read our guide to the best starting words →

How to Solve Wordle #1405 Step by Step

Here is one efficient way to reach GENIE. We open with SLATE, then each next guess is the word, from those still possible, that leaves the fewest options on average. Every guess fits all the clues so far, so this path is also legal in Hard Mode.

GuessFeedbackWords still possible
1. SLATESLATE106
2. DRONEDRONE12
3. HENCEHENCE2
4. GENIEGENIESolved

Solved in 4 guesses. After SLATE, 106 everyday words still fit. Try your own guesses in our Wordle solver to see which words were left at each step.

Letter-by-Letter Breakdown of GENIE

PositionLetterAppears in (all answers)In this exact spot
1stG13%5.3%
2ndE47.1%10.6%
3rdN24%5.7%
4thI27.8%7.5%
5thE47.1%19.7%

On This Day in Wordle: April 24

Answers from the same date in other years:

YearPuzzleAnswer
2026#1770DRUNK
2024#1040OVERT
2023#674DITTO
2022#309INERT

Wordle #1405 FAQ

What was the Wordle answer on April 24, 2025?

The answer to Wordle #1405 on April 24, 2025 was GENIE.

Was Wordle #1405 hard?

We rate it 4.0 out of 10 (Medium), harder than about 23% of all Wordle puzzles.

What was the best starting word for Wordle #1405?

Of the popular openers, CRANE did best, leaving 21 possible answers after the first guess.