Today's NYT Wordle lands with puzzle #1926, and a familiar-looking pattern leads to a less familiar word. Whether you're protecting a streak or opening your first grid, 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 #1926 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 O appears twice
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): Picture a breezy day spent moving with the weather.
Level 2 (The Category): A noun for a kind of sailboat.
Level 3 (The Boundaries): Starts with S, ends with P.
Level 4 (The Structure): One letter appears twice, once in position 3 and again in position 4.
Level 5 (The Giveaway): This sailboat has one mast and typically carries a mainsail and a sail in front of it.
Quick-Reference Clues
First Letter: S
Last Letter: P
Vowels Present: O
Double Letters: Yes - O
Rhymes With: LOOP, SCOOP, TROOP
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 #1926 is: SLOOP
Word DNA: Breaking Down Today's Answer
SLOOP is a sailboat with one mast and a fore-and-aft rig. You might hear a skipper describe a boat as a sloop when talking about its sails.
Origins: Sloop entered English from Dutch sloep, a word for a small boat.
Word Family: sloops, sloop-rigged
Fun Fact: A sloop is identified by its sail arrangement, so boats of different sizes can share the name. In Wordle, its repeated vowel gives that short nautical word an extra wrinkle.
The Streak Saver Rating
I rate this one 4 out of 5. The trap is the paired O in the third and fourth slots, which leaves several plausible words ending in OOP.
With S and OOP in place, SCOOP, SNOOP, STOOP, and SWOOP can tempt you into guessing one near-match after another. Use a probe that tests several competing second letters before committing to the next candidate.
What This Puzzle Teaches
When a repeated letter is confirmed, keep both copies in view and use your next guess to separate the words that still fit. That discipline saves guesses whenever tomorrow's grid presents a crowded pattern.
Tomorrow's Reset
Puzzle #1927 drops at midnight in your timezone, Sunday handing the streak over to a fresh board.
How did SLOOP go for you today?
See you at midnight for the next challenge.
