Here is the Contexto answer today for the 1243 puzzle, released on February 12th, 2026 and some hints to help you solve it.
There are many games that have been inspired by the viral word game Wordle with some of the more well-known games being Quordle, Globle, Heardle and Nerdle.
All of these games have their own unique twists to the original, where players will need to guess four words at a time, guess the country, guess the song or guess the mathematical equation of the day.
Another game that has caught our eye is Contexto. The aim of the game is to find the secret word of the day an artificial intelligence algorithm will tell you how close or similar the word you guessed is to the answer to help you solve it.
The secret number is number 1 and the words that are determined to be similar to the secret word will have a lower number. There are unlimited words you can guess, so you could be at it for a long time!
There is a new secret word every day and we will be here to give you hints and the answer to help you keep your winning streak!

Hints for the Contexto 1243 Answer Today – February 12th, 2026
As the word can be quite difficult to solve, we have some hints for Contexto 1243 to help you to solve it, which are the following:
Hint 1: Here are some of the words that are similar to the secret word (with definitions), according to Contexto:
- The twentieth word in the list today is ‘GOOSE‘.
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a large waterbird with a long neck, short legs, webbed feet, and a short broad bill.
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- The fifteenth word in the list today is ‘GIRAFFE‘.
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a large African mammal with a very long neck and forelegs, having a coat patterned with brown patches separated by lighter lines. It is the tallest living animal.
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- The tenth word in the list today is ‘ROOSTER‘.
- a male domestic fowl.

- The seventh word in the list today is ‘CASSOWARY‘.
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a very large flightless bird related to the emu, with a bare head and neck, a tall horny crest, and one or two coloured wattles.
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- The fourth word in the list today is ‘RHEAS’.
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a large flightless bird of South American grasslands, resembling a small ostrich with greyish-brown plumage.
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- The second word in the list today (the closest word to the answer) is ‘OSTRICH‘.
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a flightless swift-running African bird with a long neck, long legs, and two toes on each foot.
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Hint 2: It starts with the letter E.
Hint 3: There are three letters in the word today.
Hint 4: A large flightless fast-running Australian bird resembling the ostrich, with shaggy grey or brown plumage, bare blue skin on the head and neck, and three-toed feet.
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What is the Contexto 1243 Word Today? (Answer For February 12th, 2026)
If you want to know the answer to Contexto 1243, it is…
EMU!

Let us know in the comments section below how many guesses it took for you to solve the Contexto word today and if there are any other games you want us to start covering.






