Today's NYT Wordle lands with puzzle #1908, and delivers a compact challenge whose ordinary meaning hides a sharp construction. Whether you are protecting a streak or opening the game for the first time, welcome in.
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 #1908 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 B 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 sudden motion, pressure, and energy released all at once.
Level 2 (The Category): It works as both a noun and a verb, describing a sudden release or an abrupt breaking open.
Level 3 (The Boundaries): Starts with B, ends with T.
Level 4 (The Structure): All five letters are different, and the vowel sits in position 2.
Level 5 (The Giveaway): It is what a balloon can do under too much pressure, or what someone does through a door in sudden excitement.
Quick-Reference Clues
First Letter: B
Last Letter: T
Vowels Present: U
Double Letters: No
Rhymes With: FIRST, THIRST, WORST
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 #1908 is: BURST
Word DNA: Breaking Down Today's Answer
BURST means to break open suddenly or release something with force, and as a noun it describes a brief, intense outbreak. A pipe can burst, laughter can come in a burst, and a runner can produce a burst of speed.
Origins: BURST descends from Old English berstan, meaning to break suddenly, and belongs to a broader Germanic family of similarly forceful breaking words.
Word Family: burst, bursts, bursting, bursty
Fun Fact: BURST keeps the same form in the present, past, and past participle, as in “pipes burst” yesterday or today. That grammatical simplicity contrasts with its tightly packed spelling, which gives Wordle solvers more work than everyday speakers.
The Streak Saver Rating
Difficulty: 3.5 out of 5. The trap factor is the dense closing run of R, S, and T, combined with U as the lone vowel and no repeated letters.
A solver can identify the final consonant structure yet still spend guesses searching for a more vowel-heavy word. Once R, S, and T begin clustering, a probe that tests B and U together is stronger than cycling through guesses that reuse confirmed consonants.
What This Puzzle Teaches
When the board points toward a consonant-heavy finish, stop demanding a balanced-looking word. Use the next guess to test the missing vowel and opening consonant together, especially when every known letter appears only once.
Tomorrow's Reset
Puzzle #1909 drops at midnight in your timezone, Wednesday handing the streak over to a fresh board.
BURST rewards the moment you trust the consonant cluster instead of fighting it. How did your solve go?
See you at midnight for the next challenge.
