Today's Wordle is the 5th toughest ever, ending streaks for 50% of players

It's a grim day in Wordle Nation: almost exactly 50% of Wordle players saw their coveted Wordle streaks come to an end. That's because today's word (puzzle 1426) is the fifth toughest in Wordle history. Out of nearly two million games sampled, only 49.8% of players got today's word right, according to Engaging Data and Wordlebot.

Don't worry, I won't spoil the puzzle in this story: for that you can visit our daily Wordle solution page.

I can vouch for the toughness of today's word.