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And that's a win. The answer to the July 26 (1498) Wordle is HAUNT. Past Wordle answers can give you some excellent ideas for fun starting words that keep your daily puzzle-solving fresh. They are also a good way to eliminate guesses for today's Wordle, as the answer is unlikely to be repeated.

Another day, another extremely difficult Wordle to solve. It really has been quite the week, taking in TIZZY and its 4.9 average on Monday, WATER (4.2) on Wednesday, yesterday's QUAKE (a 4.0, ultimately) and now GOFER with its score of 4.4 ( Note – see above! It actually ended up with a score of 5.6… ). Only BURNT, on Tuesday, was truly easy (3.5).