Wordle Hint: Forbes Solves Wordle #1823 With AMAZE

Forbes posted a wordle hint guide for Wordle #1823 on Tuesday, June 16, and the answer was AMAZE. The daily puzzle still asks players to solve a five-letter word in six tries or fewer, but this guide also added a bonus custom Wordle clue for readers chasing an extra solve.

Wordle #1823 on June 16

The guide said the bonus custom Wordle can run from 4 to 7 letters, and today’s version was 7 letters long. The clue for that extra puzzle was simple: it ended with two consonants.

Yesterday’s custom answer was CRICKET. That gives regular readers a sense of how the bonus puzzle shifts from day to day without changing the basic format.

TRADE, SPOIL, KNAVE

The narrator’s solve path showed how the puzzle narrowed. TRADE left 44 words after the opening guess, SPOIL cut that to 8 words, and KNAVE reduced the remaining possibilities to two.

The final answer was AMAZE, and the author tied with the Bot. The author’s June totals remained tied after the result.

Amaze comes from Middle English amasen, meaning to bewilder, confound, or put into a maze. For players, that etymology does not change the solve, but it does explain why the word reads like a verb that can feel less common than the five-letter answers Wordle usually throws at solvers.

AMAZE and the custom clue

The practical takeaway is straightforward for anyone opening the daily puzzle late in the day: Wordle #1823’s answer is AMAZE, and the bonus custom Wordle for June 16 was a 7-letter word ending with two consonants.

The guide’s real value is not just the answer itself. It gives solvers the exact clue trail for the day’s main puzzle and a second target for anyone using the custom format, which is the part that turns a simple answer post into something more useful than a bare spoiler.