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Crosswordle Answer & Hints Today — May 15, 2026

Crosswordle Solution • Last updated Friday, May 15, 2026 Resets in --:--:--

Today's Crosswordle Hints

1 Hint 1 — Theme
This word relates to things found in nature.
2 Hint 2 — Structure
The word has one vowel and four consonants.
3 Hint 3 — Near Answer
Think of a material used for building or a small rock.

Today's Crosswordle Solution

Click a square to reveal its letter. Get hints below.

Across

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Down

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About Today's Crosswordle

Reverse-engineer the crossword. Visit crosswordle.com to play today's puzzle.

Today's puzzle is rated 5/10 difficulty — moderate difficulty. Take your time with the clues.

How to Play Crosswordle

You are given a completed crossword grid where the letters have been scrambled. Your job is to swap letters back into their correct positions to recreate the original crossword.

Tap two letters to swap their positions. After each swap, the game shows which letters are in the correct spot with green, which are in the right word but wrong position with yellow, and which are completely wrong with gray.

The grid contains 3 to 8 words crossing horizontally and vertically. Every word in the completed grid must be a valid English word.

You can solve the puzzle in unlimited swaps, but the challenge is to complete it in as few moves as possible. A new grid is available every day at midnight UTC.

Play at crosswordle.com. A new puzzle is available every day.

Tips & Strategy

  • Look for letters that only appear once in the grid. They have only one possible position, so placing them first gives you a solid foundation.
  • Focus on short words first, especially 3 and 4 letter words. They have fewer possible arrangements, making them easier to solve and providing fixed letters for intersecting longer words.
  • Pay attention to uncommon letters like Q, X, Z, or J. Their placement is heavily constrained since very few words use them, making them easy wins.
  • Use intersections to your advantage. Once you solve a horizontal word, the crossing letters in vertical words are locked in, sometimes revealing the vertical word immediately.

Crosswordle Answer Patterns & Statistics

Computed from 50 archived puzzles · updated

How many Crosswordle puzzles does HintPulse track?
Our Crosswordle archive holds 50 daily puzzles, refreshed every day after the new puzzle drops.

About Crosswordle — History & Fun Facts

Crosswordle is a daily word puzzle that combines Wordle-style colored feedback with a small crossword grid. Players see a scrambled grid where every letter is already visible, and the goal is to swap letters into the right cells until the grid spells valid intersecting words. Green tiles mark a letter that is in the correct cell, yellow means the letter belongs in that word but a different cell, and grey means the letter belongs to a different word in the grid.

Each puzzle is solvable in six swaps or fewer. The game keeps the deduction loop of Wordle but borrows the intersecting-word structure of a crossword, so progress on one word constrains the answers for every word it crosses. A new puzzle is published every day on the official site at crosswordle.com.

Fun Facts About Crosswordle

  • Every letter in the grid is visible from the start, so the puzzle is about placement, not vocabulary recall.
  • Yellow tiles mean the letter belongs in the puzzle but in a different word, not just a different cell.
  • Six swaps is the budget for a perfect solve.

NYT Mini vs Midi vs Daily Crossword

Feature Mini Midi Daily
Grid Size5×59×915×15
Clues~10~30~70+
Solve Time1–3 min3–10 min15–45 min
DifficultyEasyMediumHard (Mon→Sat)
ThemedNoYesYes (always)
SubscriptionFreeNYT GamesNYT Games
Reset Time10 PM ET10 PM ET10 PM ET

Frequently Asked Questions

When does Crosswordle reset?
Crosswordle resets 00:00 EST. A new grid is available every day.
What is a good crossword strategy?
Start with clues you know. Crossing letters from solved words help crack harder clues. Learn common 3-letter fill like ERA, ORE, ATE.
Where can I find past answers?
Check our Crosswordle archive page for a history of past answers.

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