Wordle #1807 for Sunday, May 31 has been solved, and the Wordle answer today is SMILE. That is the five-letter target players were chasing in the daily puzzle, and one writer got there in three guesses.
The timing matters because Wordle fans were looking for the day’s solution on Sunday, and the guide delivered it with the same clean urgency the game demands: a hidden word, six tries or fewer, and feedback after each guess. For players checking their results before moving on, the answer was already on the page.
The path to SMILE was not especially direct. The writer opened with SCOPE, which left two green boxes and 46 possible words. TRAIL narrowed the field to four. From there, SMILE landed as the third guess, a run that turned a broad search into a quick finish. The writer later described that final pick as lucky, because it happened to be the answer.
There was still one small sting in the result. The same puzzle was solved by Wordle Bot in two guesses, giving the bot a cleaner line than the human player’s three. The writer picked up 1 point for solving it in three, then lost that point for losing to the bot. The bot, meanwhile, earned 1 point for beating the writer and 2 more for getting it in two.
That gap is part of why Wordle keeps drawing readers back after the answer is known. The game is simple on its face, but every grid has its own rhythm, and a first guess can change everything. On this one, SCOPE did enough to keep the puzzle alive, but not enough to close it; TRAIL cut the options to four; and SMILE was the finish.
The guide also pointed readers to a bonus custom Wordle that stretched to 7 letters, with a clue that it was like a Wordle and something to figure out, plus a double letter. That extra puzzle sits alongside the daily game rather than replacing it, and it showed how the format keeps widening while the core challenge stays the same.
For now, the day’s answer is SMILE, the scoreline tilts slightly toward the bot, and the next puzzle remains a blank square away. Players starting fresh on the following day will be back to the same test: read the clues, trim the field, and hope the final guess lands a little sooner than it did here.
