A good Wordle starting word, by the looks of it

The answer to “A good Wordle starting word, by the looks of it” in the New York Times crossword is STARE — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on May 17, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 53-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“A good Wordle starting word, by the looks of it” answer

STARE (5 letters)

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Why the answer is STARE

STARE is the 5-letter solution that fits "A good Wordle starting word, by the looks of it" in the NYT Crossword crossword on May 17, 2026 (53-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does STARE mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of STARE is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “A good Wordle starting word, by the looks of it” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

May 17, 2026 (most recent) → STARE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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