Today's NYT Wordle lands with puzzle #1887, and a compact challenge hides its sharpest trap near the finish. Whether you are protecting a streak or opening Wordle for the first time, welcome to today's solve.
The Basics (For New Players)
Wordle gives you six attempts to crack a five-letter word. After each guess, tiles change color: green means right letter, right spot; yellow signals right letter, wrong position; gray indicates the letter isn't in the word at all. One puzzle per day, shared by millions worldwide. That's the beauty of it.
Created by Josh Wardle in 2021 and now part of The New York Times Games family, Wordle has become a daily ritual for word lovers everywhere. Today's puzzle #1887 awaits.
The Letter Rundown
Today's puzzle breaks down like this:
Vowel Count: 1 vowel(s)
Consonant Count: 4 consonant(s)
Repeated Letters: Yes - the letter L appears twice
Letter Rarity: All common letters
The Elimination Game (Progressive Hints)
We've designed these hints to reveal just enough at each level. Stop when you've got it figured out.
Level 1 (The Vibe): Think heat, pressure, and an experience that can leave someone feeling thoroughly tested.
Level 2 (The Category): This word works as both a noun and a verb, with meanings connected to cooking and intense questioning.
Level 3 (The Boundaries): Starts with G, ends with L.
Level 4 (The Structure): One letter appears twice, once in position 4 and again in position 5.
Level 5 (The Giveaway): To cook food over direct heat, or to question someone relentlessly.
Quick-Reference Clues
First Letter: G
Last Letter: L
Vowels Present: I
Double Letters: Yes - L
Rhymes With: CHILL, STILL, THRILL
Today's Wordle Answer
Final warning: The answer is directly below. Scroll only if you're ready.
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The answer to Wordle #1887 is: GRILL
Word DNA: Breaking Down Today's Answer
GRILL means a metal grate or appliance used for cooking food over direct heat. As a verb, you can grill vegetables for dinner or grill a witness with persistent questions.
Origins: The English word comes through French gril, meaning a gridiron, and ultimately traces to Latin craticula, a term for a small lattice or grating.
Word Family: grilled, grilling, griller
Fun Fact: The cooking verb also developed the figurative sense of subjecting someone to intense questioning. That double meaning makes the clue flexible, while the doubled ending supplies Wordle's mechanical sting.
The Streak Saver Rating
I rate this 4 out of 5, with a double-letter trap as the main factor. The lone vowel occupies the middle, while the final two positions contain the same consonant, so an otherwise strong grid can conceal the required repeat.
Once RILL is visible at the end, a solver can burn guesses cycling through DRILL, FRILL, and KRILL before reaching GRILL. A probe such as FUDGE checks F, D, and G together, separating several competing openings in one disciplined move.
What This Puzzle Teaches
When a nearly complete pattern admits several familiar words, stop testing candidates one by one. Spend a guess on a probe that covers multiple unresolved letters, especially when a repeated letter has already reduced the grid's information.
Tomorrow's Reset
Puzzle #1888 drops at midnight in your timezone, Wednesday handing the streak over to a fresh board.
GRILL brought heat through its crowded ending. How did your solve go, clean finish or a trip through the RILL family first?
See you at midnight for the next challenge.
