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It's time for your guide to today's Wordle answer, featuring my commentary on the latest puzzle, plus a selection of hints designed to help you keep your streak going.
Don't think you need any clues for Wordle today? No problem, just skip to my daily column. But remember: failure in this game is only ever six guesses away.
Want more word-based fun? TechRadar's Quordle today page contains hints and answers for that game, and you can also take a look at our NYT Strands today and NYT Connections today pages for our verdict on two of the New York Times' other brainteasers.
SPOILER WARNING: Today's Wordle answer and hints are below, so don't read on if you don't want to see them.
Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief and has been obsessed with Wordle for more than four years. He's authored dozens of articles on the game for TechRadar and its sister site Tom's Guide, including a detailed analysis of the most common letters in Wordle in every position and a guide to the best Wordle start words. He's also played every Wordle ever and only lost once and yes, he takes it all too seriously.
Wordle hints (game #1923) - clue #1 - Vowels
How many vowels does today's Wordle have?
• Wordle today has a vowel in one place*.
* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).
Wordle hints (game #1923) - clue #2 - first letter
What letter does today's Wordle begin with?
• The first letter in today's Wordle answer is M.
M is a middling letter when it comes to starting a word. It sits 10th in the rankings, with 107 occurrences in the 2,309 answers.
Wordle hints (game #1923) - clue #3 - repeated letters
Does today's Wordle have any repeated letters?
• There are repeated letters in today's Wordle.
Repeated letters are quite common in the game, with 748 of the 2,309 Wordle answers containing one. However, it's still more likely that a Wordle doesn't have one.
Wordle hints (game #1923) - clue #4 - ending letter
What letter does today's Wordle end with?
• The last letter in today's Wordle is Y.
Y is the second most common ending letter in the game, behind only E. In total, 364 Wordle answers end with a Y.
Wordle hints (game #1923) - clue #5 - last chance
Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here's an extra one for game #1923.
- Today's Wordle answer is cluttered, disheveled or untidy.
If you just want to know today's Wordle answer now, simply scroll down – but I'd always recommend trying to solve it on your own first. We've got lots of Wordle tips and tricks to help you, including a guide to the best Wordle start words.
If you don't want to know today's answer then DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER BECAUSE IT IS PRINTED BELOW. So don't say you weren't warned!
Today's Wordle answer (game #1923)
- NYT average score: 3.6
- My score: 4
- WordleBot's score: 3
- My skill score: 98
- My luck score: 43
- My start word performance: SANER (46 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: SLATE (33)
- Tomorrow's start word: SANER
Today's Wordle answer (game #1923) is… MESSY.
I really have no idea how Josh Wardle decided which words were originally included in Wordle. Or rather, I do have some idea — his partner Palak Shah was reportedly tasked with narrowing down the initial list of all five-letter words from 13,000 to about 2,000. What I don't understand is how Shah or Wardle decided which to include and which to leave out. MESSY seems like an obvious word to have been in the original list, but it wasn't, and instead has been added by the NYC today.
It's a good Wordle word, on account of the S being both repeated and out of position. Plus, it's a homophone for MESSI, as in Lionel Messi, as in the greatest soccer player ever and someone who I can't help but respect even though I don't particularly like him. (I'm sure he is very upset about that.)
It also describes me pretty accurately. I am never willingly smart (in appearance rather than mental capacity) and live my life in battered sneakers, jeans and a variety of band t-shirts. My hair is never brushed, my beard rarely groomed… I am the definition of MESSY and perfectly comfortable with that, thank you.
It's seemingly not the toughest Wordle we've had of late, with an average of only 3.6 at the time of writing. That surprises me a little, given that repeated S and the fact that M is not a common letter, but at least there aren't too many similarly spelled words to deal with.
I scored yet another 4, which is frustrating — but on the plus side I got a 98 skill rating from the 'Bot, so on this occasion I can be reassured that I couldn't have done a lot more.
SANER gave me a yellow S and E, which I tend to tackle with CLOTH on account of the T and H being likely candidates to pair with an S at the end of a word. That didn't happen here, though, and instead CLOTH drew a blank. Still, it cut my shortlist to six — a motley crew that included GUISE, GEESE, GUESS, ISSUE and MESSY, plus PESKY, which I didn't think of.
GUISE was guaranteed to give me the answer in 4 at worst, so I went with that and though it was wrong it confirmed that MESSY had to be the solution.
Yesterday's Wordle hints (game #1922)
In a different time zone where it's still Wednesday? Don't worry — I can give you some clues for Wordle #1922, too.
- Wordle yesterday had a vowel in one place*
* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).
- The first letter in yesterday's Wordle answer was F.
F is a very common starting letter in Wordle. It ranks seventh behind only S, C, B, T, P and A and overall there are 135 solutions that begin with this letter.
- There were no repeated letters in yesterday's Wordle.
Repeated letters are quite common in the game, with 748 of the 2,309 Wordle answers containing one. However, it's still more likely that a Wordle doesn't have one.
- The last letter in yesterday's Wordle was H.
H is a regular visitor to the final spot in a Wordle word. It occurs 137 times at the end of a Wordle answer, making it the sixth most common letter there.
Still looking for more Wordle hints? Here's an extra one for game #1921.
- Yesterday's Wordle answer is forward or out.
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1922)
- NYT average score: 4.1
- My score: 4
- WordleBot's score: 3
- My skill score: 88
- My luck score: 41
- My start word performance: SANER (139 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: SLATE (44)
- Tomorrow's start word: SANER
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1922) was… FORTH.
We've not had many repeats lately; the previous one was FOCUS 10 days ago, but before that you'd have to go back nearly three weeks to CLICK. Instead, the NYT has been packing the game with its own extra solutions that weren't in the original list.
Repeats are probably less interesting, unless the word in question is, well, an interesting one. FORTH just about qualifies on that front. It first appeared on 13 August 2021, game #55, and though it lacks the repeated or uncommon letters that mark out most of the more notable Wordles, it does have a couple of very similarly spelled words that will have complicated the challenge.
The obvious ones are NORTH, WORTH and FORTY; FIRTH and FORTE might have occurred to some, too — but I can't see many people playing either of those before FORTH.
It has a relatively high average score of 4.1, and it took me 4 guesses to solve it too, meaning I just beat the average — but not the 'Bot, which managed a 3.
Speaking of the 'Bot, it again awarded me a skill score of below 90, which has now happened four out of the past five days. I'm not one to whinge or make excuses (most of the time), but I have been battling a cold and it just goes to show that if you let your level drop even a little with Wordle, it will show in the results. Maybe there should be a option within WordleBot's analysis to indicate that it should go easy on you…
Wordle answers: The past 50
I've been playing Wordle every day for more than four years now and have tracked all of the previous answers so I can help you improve your game. Here are the last 50 solutions starting with yesterday's answer, or check out my past Wordle answers page for the full list.
- Wordle #1922, Wednesday 23 September: FORTH
- Wordle #1921, Tuesday 22 September: STOKE
- Wordle #1920, Monday 21 September: PAGER
- Wordle #1919, Sunday 20 September: SHONE
- Wordle #1918, Saturday 19 September: WAKEN
- Wordle #1917, Friday 18 September: SNOWY
- Wordle #1916, Thursday 17 September: THETA
- Wordle #1915, Wednesday 16 September: WISPY
- Wordle #1914, Tuesday 15 September: DEALT
- Wordle #1913, Monday 14 September: RINSE
- Wordle #1912, Sunday 13 September: FOCUS
- Wordle #1911, Saturday 12 September: NIFTY
- Wordle #1910, Friday 11 September: ASTER
- Wordle #1909, Thursday 10 September: DRYLY
- Wordle #1908, Wednesday 9 September: BURST
- Wordle #1907, Tuesday 8 September: LIVEN
- Wordle #1906, Monday 7 September: BLIND
- Wordle #1905, Sunday 6 September: BEIGE
- Wordle #1904, Saturday 5 September: SOUPY
- Wordle #1903, Friday 4 September: WAGER
- Wordle #1902, Thursday 3 September: JOIST
- Wordle #1901, Wednesday 2 September: RULER
- Wordle #1900, Tuesday 1 September: REMIX
- Wordle #1899, Monday 31 August: MOUND
- Wordle #1898, Sunday 30 August: INTEL
- Wordle #1897, Saturday 29 August: BLOOD
- Wordle #1896, Friday 28 August: TWEEN
- Wordle #1895, Thursday 27 August: UNCUT
- Wordle #1894, Wednesday 26 August: CAPON
- Wordle #1893, Tuesday 25 August: CLICK
- Wordle #1892, Monday 24 August: RUNNY
- Wordle #1891, Sunday 23 August: OLDEN
- Wordle #1890, Saturday 22 August: PRAWN
- Wordle #1889, Friday 21 August: TRACE
- Wordle #1888, Thursday 20 August: MURKY
- Wordle #1887, Wednesday 19 August: GRILL
- Wordle #1886, Tuesday 18 August: STRIP
- Wordle #1885, Monday 17 August: TRIBE
- Wordle #1884, Sunday 16 August: ASPIC
- Wordle #1883, Saturday 15 August: LOOSE
- Wordle #1882, Friday 14 August: GEODE
- Wordle #1881, Thursday 13 August: CRASH
- Wordle #1880, Wednesday 12 August: WIMPY
- Wordle #1879, Tuesday 11 August: FENCE
- Wordle #1878, Monday 10 August: SNIPE
- Wordle #1877, Sunday 9 August: CLUNK
- Wordle #1876, Saturday 8 August: PRIVY
- Wordle #1875, Friday 7 August: FEIGN
- Wordle #1874, Thursday 6 August: GRIPE
- Wordle #1873, Wednesday 5 August: POSIT
What is Wordle?
If you're on this page then you almost certainly know what Wordle is already, and indeed have probably been playing it for a while. And even if you've not been playing it, you must surely have heard of it by now, because it's the viral word game phenomenon that took the world by storm in 2022 and is still going strong in 2026.
We've got a full guide to the game in our What is Wordle page, but if you just want a refresher then here are the basics.
What is Wordle?
Wordle challenges you to guess a new five-letter word each day. You get six guesses, with each one revealing a little more information. If one of the letters in your guess is in the answer and in the right place, it turns green. If it's in the answer but in the wrong place, it turns yellow. And if it's not in the answer at all it turns gray. Simple, eh?
It's played online via the Wordle website or the New York Times' Games app (iOS / Android), and is entirely free.
Crucially, the answer is the same for everyone each day, meaning that you're competing against the rest of the world, rather than just against yourself or the game. The puzzle then resets each day at midnight in your local time, giving you a new challenge, and the chance to extend your streak.
What are the Wordle rules?
The rules of Wordle are pretty straightforward, but with a couple of curveballs thrown in for good measure.
1. Letters that are in the answer and in the right place turn green.
2. Letters that are in the answer but in the wrong place turn yellow.
3. Letters that are not in the answer turn gray.
4a. Answers are never plural.
4b. …unless they are. There have been a couple of plural words that don't end in an S or ES, including FUNGI (game #439), ATRIA (#1478) and TEETH (#1551). But S and ES plurals are definitely outlawed.
5. Letters can appear more than once. So if your guess includes two of one letter, they may both turn yellow, both turn green, or one could be yellow and the other green.
6. Each guess must be a valid word in Wordle's dictionary. You can't guess ABCDE, for instance.
7. You do not have to include correct letters in subsequent guesses unless you play on Hard mode.
8. You have six guesses to solve the Wordle.
9. You must complete the daily Wordle before midnight in your timezone.
10a. All answers are drawn from Wordle's list of 2,309 solutions…
10b. …unless they are not. That's because the NYT has added in some of its own words which weren't in that list of 2,309 solutions. More will undoubtedly come over the next few years.
10c. Plus, the NYT has now started repeating answers that have already appeared in Wordle. We have no idea how often it will do this, so you'll need to be on your guard.
11. Wordle will accept a wider pool of words as guesses – some 10,000 of them. For instance, you can guess a plural such as WORDS. It definitely won't be right (see point 4a above), but Wordle will accept it as a guess.
