If a five-word daily word run is your kind of morning ritual, Hurdle has been serving up a steady stream of bite-size brainteasers. The game gives you five rounds per puzzle — each round is a five-letter word to guess, and the final hurdle stitches together your earlier wins as clues. Below I’ve collected the hints and answers from recent daily drops between Nov. 16 and Dec. 13, 2025, plus a few quick tips to keep you unfazed when letters look misleading.
How Hurdle plays (quick refresher)
Hurdle starts you on Word 1 and moves to Word 2 only after you solve it. Correct, misplaced and incorrect letters are shown after each guess. When you reach the final hurdle, the game presents every correct answer from earlier rounds as starter clues — but beware: a letter showing up as highlighted earlier doesn’t necessarily mean it appears that many times in the final word.Recent answers and hints (date → hint → answer)
- Nov. 16, 2025 — A music and film genre → INDIE; A hut → SHACK; Rough → RIGID; Hereditary material → GENES; A jewelry measurement → KARAT.
- Dec. 4, 2025 — Rage → WRATH; A sharp utensil → KNIFE; A small car → SEDAN; An oven setting → BROIL; Sticky → TACKY.
- Dec. 7, 2025 — Connected to the hand and arm → WRIST; A small boat → CANOE; A pole → STAKE; Often written by students → ESSAY; Done to planes in the winter → DEICE.
- Dec. 12, 2025 — Not right → WRONG; An artifact → RELIC; Words of a song → LYRIC; A pastry → TORTE; Pennies → PENCE.
- Dec. 13, 2025 — A load → CARGO; Open land → GLADE; A slant → SLOPE; To delay → STAVE; Clearheaded → SOBER.
- Start with varied vowels and common consonants early, but be ready to pivot when the game hands you a confirmed earlier word as your first guess for the next round. That first automatic guess can be a gift or a trap.
- Don’t count highlights literally. Hurdle’s feedback for repeated letters can be counterintuitive: a letter marked as present doesn’t guarantee multiple occurrences in the final answer.
- Use the final hurdle’s shown words as structural hints rather than exact letter counts. Treat them like scaffolding — they suggest which letters matter, but not necessarily where or how many times.
If you missed one of the days, these answers will get you unstuck — but try not to rely on them for every game. The fun's in the chase.
Tiny strategy notes that actually help
Playing on the go? Hurdle runs smoothly on most phones; if you’re shopping for a new handset that won’t slow your puzzling streak, consider options like the Motorola Edge 70 for a slim profile and long battery life. Prefer solving on a laptop while you sip coffee? There are timely MacBook Air deals floating around — the MacBook Air is a nice, responsive machine for lightweight gaming and browsing, and you can check latest prices on the MacBook here.
If pocketable hardware is your thing but you also like deeper gaming sessions between rounds, the Steam Deck’s recent low-power download mode makes it easier to keep the device ready without draining the battery; that update is worth a look if you switch between handheld gaming and word puzzles on the same machine: Steam Deck display-off mode.
Hurdle is a tidy time-sink: five small victories, five little puzzles. Some days it hands you forgiving words; other days it delights in obscure letter combos. Either way, a few pattern-aware guesses and the occasional lucky break will usually do the trick. Happy puzzling — and if you want another day’s answers pulled together, say the date and I’ll fetch the hints for you.