The New York Times reset the board for Monday, April 13. Wordle #1759 is live. The answer is ELFIN. It is an absolute streak-killer.
The five-letter adjective describes something small, delicate, or slightly mischievous in appearance. The target word starts with the letter ‘E’ and ends with ‘N’. It features no repeated letters. The two vowels are ‘E’ and ‘I’. Yesterday’s answer was ALLEY.
Today is a completely different challenge. Internal NYT testers calculated the average difficulty of ELFIN at 5.3 out of 6 guesses. That is highly challenging. It is a full guess harder than the April 12 average. The sudden spike in difficulty forced players to seek out help early in the morning, according to a breakdown by Mashable.
The daily puzzle remains a massive piece of entertainment for millions of players. But today’s specific vocabulary word is causing real frustration. The r/wordle Reddit forum is full of angry players venting about the puzzle. Many users lost their long-running streaks. The vowels are common. The word itself is just unexpected.
Players expect standard nouns on Mondays. ELFIN caught the community entirely off guard. You can find more strategy tips and hints in this Tom’s Guide report.
Wordle 1759 6/6*
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Solving wordle with an elfin magic today— Banking expert (@WBolanowski) April 13, 2026