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Today’sWordle puzzleis very tricky. It’s an unusual word unless you’re a musician, and it repeats a letter. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on.

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Today’s Wordle hints

Before we show you today’sWordleanswer, we’ll give you some hints. If you don’t want a spoiler, look away now.

Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats

Today’s Wordle answer has one repeated letter.

Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels

Today’s Wordle answer has two vowels, but one is repeated, so you will see that one twice.

Wordle hint No. 3: First letter

Today’s Wordle answer begins with E.

Wordle hint No. 4: Last letter

Today’s Wordle answer ends with E.

Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning

Today’s Wordle answer can refer to a short musical composition designed to help a musician practice a skill.

TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER

Today’s Wordle answer is ETUDE.

Yesterday’s Wordle answer

The Wordle answer yesterday, May 30, No. 1,806, was SMILE.

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May 26, No. 1,802: COUCH

May 27, No. 1,803: STUFF

May 28, No. 1,804: DIVOT

May 29, No. 1,805: CLANG

Marcia Lucas, who edited ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Return of the Jedi,’ has died at 80.

This week, NASA shared more information about its planned moon base missions, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on the launchpad and the James Webb Space Telescope spotted a supermassive black hole that researchers say “may have formed within the first second after the big bang.” But first, we have updates on NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research plane and SpaceX’s Starship following last week’s test flight. Catch up here on this week’s science news.

Key test flights proach for NASA’s quiet supersonic plane

Over the last decade, NASA has been developing an aircraft that could one day reach supersonic speeds — or travel faster than the speed of sound — without producing the thunderous sonic booms typically associated with this feat. The plane, called the X-59, took its first ever flight back in October and has conducted several more in the months since. Now, NASA says it’s ready to go supersonic. The X-59 is scheduled to take its first supersonic flight, hitting over 630 mph at an altitude of about 43,000 feet, in early June, according to the space agency.

Then, in a followup “mission conditions” test, it will reach 925 mph (Mach 1.4) at about 55,000 feet. After that, it’ll go for its max speed: Mach 1.6, or 1,218 mph, at an altitude of 60,000 feet. NASA isn’t ready to show off the X-59’s quiet supersonic cabilities yet, though. For this phase of testing, NASA noted in a blog post, “The X-59 will be accompanied by a traditional supersonic chase plane, so any quiet thump it produces in the current phase of testing will be obscured by louder, traditional sonic booms from the chase.”

FAA grounds Starship after ‘mish’

SpaceX’s Starship V3 launched for the first time last week in a test flight that achieved much of what the company set out to do. But, it wasn’t entirely without hiccups, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has since ordered a pause on Starship flights while it investigates what went wrong and prevented the Super Heavy booster from making a soft splashdown as intended.

The issue arose after Starship separated from Super Heavy. “Following stage separation, the Super Heavy booster performed a directional flip maneuver and attempted its boostback burn,” SpaceX explained in a blog post following the launch. “It was unable to light all planned engines and performed a partial boostback burn that ended early. Super Heavy attempted to reignite its engines for the landing burn before experiencing a hard splashdown in the Gulf of America.” Starship went on to complete its journey and splashed down at the planned site in the Indian Ocean.

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 22, 2026

“After a thorough assessment of the operation, the FAA has determined the May 22 SpaceX Starship Flight 12 launch resulted in a mish,” the agency said in a statement released this week. “The mish involved the Super Heavy booster as it flew back to the Gulf of America after stage separation. There are no reports of public injury or damage to public property.” It added, “The FAA is requiring SpaceX to conduct a mish investigation. The FAA will oversee the SpaceX-led investigation, be involved in every step of the process, and prove SpaceX’s final report, including any corrective actions.”

It’s not an uncommon move on the FAA’s part, and SpaceX has faced several such groundings over the years, many of which have been wrped up fairly quickly. It likely won’t be very long before we see Starship back in action. “A return to flight of the Starship-Super Heavy vehicle is based on the FAA determining that any system, process, or procedure related to the mish does not affect public safety,” the FAA noted in its statement.

The FAA grounded SpaceX competitor Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket last month following its third mission, and it was just cleared earlier this week to resume flights. But, during a hotfire test on Friday, New Glenn exploded on the launch pad at Ce Canaveral. You can read more about that below.

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Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: It’s always greener on the other side of the grid
Answer: GRASS

6A clue: 7-Eleven frozen drink
Answer: SLURPEE

8A clue: Getting a D or better
Answer: PASSING

9A clue: Sculpture or painting
Answer: ART

10A clue: Poker-playing animal in a classic painting
Answer: DOG

11A clue: High Life beers, e.g.
Answer: MILLERS

13A clue: Democratic political figure ___ Tanden
Answer: NEERA

14A clue: See 1-Across
Answer: GRASS

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Blindingly obvious
Answer: GLARING

2D clue: Cattle ___ (Wild West thief)
Answer: RUSTLER

3D clue: Letters between “cues” and “esses”
Answer: ARS

4D clue: They spend a lot of time on the web
Answer: SPIDERS

5D clue: Married women, in Madrid
Answer: SENORAS

6D clue: Text that gets the reply “STOP,” say
Answer: SPAM

7D clue: Stle grocery purchase
Answer: EGGS

12D clue: Broadway star ___ Michele
Answer: LEA