Today's NYT Wordle lands with puzzle #1925, and a subtle challenge that rewards careful elimination. Streak protectors and newcomers alike are welcome to work through it.
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 #1925 awaits.
The Letter Rundown
Today's puzzle breaks down like this:
Vowel Count: 2 vowel(s)
Consonant Count: 3 consonant(s)
Repeated Letters: Yes - the letter E 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 of a quiet moment set aside for remembering.
Level 2 (The Category): A noun for a work that reflects on death or loss.
Level 3 (The Boundaries): Starts with E, ends with Y.
Level 4 (The Structure): One letter appears twice, once in position 1 and again in position 3.
Level 5 (The Giveaway): A poem of mourning, often written in memory of someone who has died.
Quick-Reference Clues
First Letter: E
Last Letter: Y
Vowels Present: E
Double Letters: Yes - E
Rhymes With: NONE
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 #1925 is: ELEGY
Word DNA: Breaking Down Today's Answer
ELEGY is a poem or song expressing grief, especially for someone who has died. You might hear one at a memorial or read one in a collection of poetry.
Origins: ELEGY ultimately comes from Greek elegeia, a term for a poem in elegiac verse. Its English meaning became closely tied to mourning.
Word Family: elegies, elegiac, elegist
Fun Fact: Ancient Greek elegies were defined by their meter and could cover subjects beyond grief. That history makes the word more flexible than its familiar meaning suggests, while today's repeated E keeps its spelling tricky.
The Streak Saver Rating
Difficulty: 4 out of 5. The trap is the repeated E, paired with G and a final Y in a word whose meaning offers little spelling help.
Finding one E can tempt you to build guesses around a single copy and overlook the second. Before committing, use a probe such as GLYPH to check G, L, and Y, then revisit whether E belongs twice.
What This Puzzle Teaches
When a known letter leaves the pattern stubbornly unresolved, test whether it appears again before chasing another ending. A guess that checks several untested consonants can also narrow the field for the next turn.
Tomorrow's Reset
Puzzle #1926 drops at midnight in your timezone, Saturday handing the streak over to a fresh board.
ELEGY is in the books. How did your solve go?
See you at midnight for the next challenge.
