Tips and answers on today’s obstacles for January 1, 2026

If you enjoy playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.
The game has five rounds. In the first round, you try to guess the word, with correct, misplaced and incorrect letters displayed in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it will take you to the next obstacle, providing the answer to the last obstacle as your first guess. This may give you several clues or none, depending on the words. For the final obstacle, each correct answer from the previous obstacles is displayed, with the correct and misplaced letters clearly displayed.
An important note is that the number of times a letter is highlighted from previous guesses necessarily indicates the number of times that letter appears in the final obstacle.
If you find yourself stuck at any stage of today’s Hurdle, don’t worry! We have what you need.
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Obstacle word clue 1
A mermaid.
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Obstacle word answer 1
ALARM
Hurdle Word Clue 2
Related to birds.
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Obstacle word answer 2
AVIAN
Hurdle Word Clue 3
Our body has a lot of them.
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Obstacle word answer 3
ORGAN
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A transmitter.
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Obstacle word answer 4
RADIO
Final obstacle index
An extract.
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Obstacle word answer 5
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