Today's NYT Wordle lands with puzzle #1890, and sets a compact but thorny challenge built around an uncommon spelling shape. Streak protectors and newcomers alike are welcome to work through the clues.
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 #1890 awaits.
The Letter Rundown
Today's puzzle breaks down like this:
Vowel Count: 1 vowel(s)
Consonant Count: 4 consonant(s)
Repeated Letters: No repeats today
Letter Rarity: Mostly common letters, with P the least frequent of the set
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 of something equally at home in open water and on a dinner plate.
Level 2 (The Category): This noun names an edible marine creature commonly associated with seafood dishes.
Level 3 (The Boundaries): Starts with P, ends with N.
Level 4 (The Structure): All five letters are different, and the vowel sits in position 3.
Level 5 (The Giveaway): It is a small, long-bodied shellfish closely associated with shrimp.
Quick-Reference Clues
First Letter: P
Last Letter: N
Vowels Present: A
Double Letters: No
Rhymes With: DAWN, DRAWN, LAWN
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 #1890 is: PRAWN
Word DNA: Breaking Down Today's Answer
PRAWN is a noun for a long-bodied edible crustacean resembling a shrimp. You might order prawns in garlic sauce, add them to pasta, or spot them in a coastal market.
Origins: PRAWN entered English in the late Middle English period, with the earlier form prane. Its deeper origin is unknown.
Word Family: prawns, prawning
Fun Fact: Everyday usage does not draw one universal boundary between prawns and shrimp, since the labels vary by region and culinary tradition. That familiar meaning paired with a less routine spelling shape makes the word an effective Wordle answer.
The Streak Saver Rating
This earns a 4 out of 5 for difficulty, with a word-family trap as the main factor. Its four consonants, single central vowel, and five distinct letters create the tight _RAWN pattern, where several valid words compete for the opening slot.
Once _RAWN appears, a solver can burn guesses cycling through BRAWN, DRAWN, and PRAWN. A probe such as BIPED checks all three competing initial consonants in one move and prevents a costly guess-by-guess search.
What This Puzzle Teaches
When four positions are settled but several answers remain, stop guessing inside the pattern and play a probe that tests the competing letters together. That discipline preserves guesses whenever tomorrow's grid produces another crowded word family.
Tomorrow's Reset
Puzzle #1891 drops at midnight in your timezone, Saturday handing the streak over to a fresh board.
PRAWN rewards the solver who recognizes when to probe instead of cycle. How did your solve go?
See you at midnight for the next challenge.
