Wordle Hints and Answers for June 17th, 2025, are Here

The Five-Letter Cure for a Gloomy Tuesday, try the word ‘PLANK’ for starters

It’s Tuesday, and nothing seems to be going right—zero motivation, a gloomy mood, and that lingering sense of being stuck. Work feels like a chore, and even the coffee isn’t hitting the way it should. But then there’s Wordle, my little five-letter escape. Just a simple puzzle, yet it cuts through the gloom, brings a spark of joy, and somehow makes the day feel a little less heavy.

DID YOU KNOW? 

Wordle rarely ends the answers in the letter ‘S.’ Despite ‘S’ being the most common last letter in general five-letter English words (appearing 31% of the time), it’s the 15th most popular last letter in Wordle words, appearing less than 2% of the time. This anti-plural bias is a surprising result of the game’s curated word list.

Wordle: Quick Start Guide

Wordle is a web-based word puzzle game played globally. It was designed and developed by Welsh engineer Josh Wardle. In the game, you need to discover a five-letter word for the day within six chances. There are three color codes, i.e., green, yellow, and gray, for you to comprehend the game.

 
What was that Wordle from Sunday?

The Wordle answer for June 16th, 2025, was ‘PETTY.’

Wordle Hints for June 17, 2025 (#1459)

Every day, we offer a set of Wordle clues that you can use to help solve it. So, have a look at our clues below and attempt to solve it before you jump to the solution.

Hint 1: Today’s Wordle word starts with P and ends with K.

Hint 2: Today’s Wordle word contains one vowel.

Hint 3: Today’s Wordle word is associated with ‘something tricky or a joke.’

Did you get the word? No? Here’s a super hint.

What is Wordle’s Super Hint for today

Category/Context: Humor, mischief, jokes, light-hearted trickery

Visual: A whoopee cushion on a chair, a bucket of water on a doorframe, or someone laughing after pulling a harmless trick.

Origin: Likely from 16th-century Middle Dutch pronken, meaning ‘to show off’ or ‘to display ostentatiously;’ evolved into ‘prank’ as a showy or playful act.

Rhymes with: Bank, tank, flank, rank, crank, yank, blank, dank

A sample sentence:

‘Tom played a harmless _____ on his friend by replacing sugar with salt in the coffee.’

Feel like giving the puzzle a shot? Visit the NYT Wordle webpage and attempt today’s challenge!

Wordle Answer for June 17, 2025 (#1459)

The Wordle answer for June 16, 2025, is ‘PRANK.’

Want More Wordle? Play Again and Again!

If you're an NYT subscriber with full access to the publication's games, you don't need to quit after one round of Wordle. You'll have access to an archive of over 1,400 past Wordle games. So if you're a newcomer, you'll be able to look back and play catch-up on earlier editions.

Furthermore, paid NYT Games members get to use a tool known as the Wordle Bot. This is able to inform you of your performance in each day's game.