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Wiktionary lists it as a verb.
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Ends in E.
On its own, this leaves 432 of the 2,374 words in our working answer pool.
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Begins with S.
On its own, this leaves 374 of the 2,374 words in our working answer pool.
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The middle letter is O.
On its own, this leaves 249 of the 2,374 words in our working answer pool.
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The vowels are the third and fifth letters.
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Yesterday: WAKEN Seen before? No, not in our recorded answers. Word difficulty: Easy
SHONE: simple past and past participle of shine
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Yesterday's Wordle answer
September 19, 2026 · Game #1,918
WAKEN: To wake or rouse from sleep.
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| Date | Game | Answer | Word difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 Sat | #1,918 → | WAKEN | Hard |
| Sep 18 Fri | #1,917 → | SNOWY | Tricky |
| Sep 17 Thu | #1,916 → | THETA | Moderate |
| Sep 16 Wed | #1,915 → | WISPY | Hard |
| Sep 15 Tue | #1,914 → | DEALT | Easy |
| Sep 14 Mon | #1,913 → | RINSE | Easy |
| Sep 13 Sun | #1,912 → | FOCUS | Easy |
| Sep 12 Sat | #1,911 → | NIFTY | Moderate |
| Sep 11 Fri | #1,910 → | ASTER | Tricky |
| Sep 10 Thu | #1,909 → | DRYLY | Hard |
| Sep 9 Wed | #1,908 → | BURST | Moderate |
| Sep 8 Tue | #1,907 → | LIVEN | Tricky |
| Sep 7 Mon | #1,906 → | BLIND | Moderate |
On this day in Wordle
Past answers published on September 20 in earlier years. Every puzzle listed here is complete, so this section does not spoil a live game.
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1 year ago
The doubled E raises the difficulty. Once a letter shows up yellow or green, few players try it a second time unprompted.
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2 years ago
Nothing unusual appears in the letters: all five are distinct and familiar. Ordinary letter coverage works well on words like this.
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3 years ago
A trap-family answer: 5 answers fit the pattern S_ARE, so four green tiles can still leave several candidates.
The Easy-to-Brutal badge combines general-English corpus frequency with repeats, uncommon letters and vowel count. It estimates word difficulty, not player results. Dates come from the site's recorded answer history.
September 2026
Explore answer trends Common letters and repeat answers
Most common letters in answers
Across 1,918 past puzzles
Starting letter
- S 284
- C 169
- B 146
- T 128
- A 124
- P 114
- F 106
- G 102
- M 93
- D 88
Ending letter
- E 381
- Y 268
- T 215
- R 162
- L 136
- H 115
- N 111
- D 98
- K 88
- A 52
Answer-history notes
Repeat answers
24 words have appeared more than once among 1,918 past puzzles. These are the 5 longest waits between appearances.
Letters not yet used
No past answer has started with: X
No past answer has ended with: J, Q, V