Today’s Wordle Hints and Answers for May 15, 2025

The Riddle:
A husband and wife are driving down a road late at night when the car runs out of gas. The man leaves the wife in the car and heads to a nearby gas station. He locks the doors before he goes. When he returns, the doors are still locked—but his wife is dead and there’s a stranger in the car. What happened?

The Answer:
The woman was pregnant. While the man was away, she went into labor and tragically died during childbirth. When he returned, he found her dead—and a newborn baby in the car. The “stranger” was their child, someone he had never seen before. Grim, I know—but hey, at least I didn’t drop this one on Mother’s Day!

Now, let’s dive into today’s Wordle!

Hint: Excited
Clue: This word contains more vowels than consonants.

Spoilers ahead—proceed with caution!

Wordle Breakdown

As always, I turned to Wordle Bot for a post-game analysis (you can check yours here).

• I kicked things off with FLITE—not my strongest opener. That guess left 412 possible answers and gave me just one lonely yellow letter.

• Next, I tried SHEAR, which narrowed things down to 26 options and gave me two yellows and one green.

• Realizing the ‘E’ needed to find its home, I guessed EAGER, hoping it would line things up.

To my surprise—it was the right word! A perfect fit for the clue “excited,” and a solid payoff after a rocky start. Huzzah!