The answer to Wordle #1,913 was

RINSE: To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.

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Word difficulty: Easy

Why it may be easier: five different letters, at least two vowels and none of Q, Z, X, J, K, V or W.

The word rating describes familiarity and letter features. The solver score below measures how a fixed strategy handles the puzzle; an unusual word can still be easy for that strategy.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

Solver pressure: 4/100 (easier for the solver). This is a percentile among past puzzles under the same strategy: 0 is easiest and 100 is hardest for the solver.

5 Possible answers after CRANE
27 Possible answers after SLATE
50 Possible answers after ADIEU
3 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #1,913, measured

This section compares RINSE's solver-difficulty percentile, first-guess results for ten familiar openers, and opt-in player reports. Each number identifies its dataset.

Solver difficulty, as a percentile

4/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, RINSE measured harder for the solver than about 4% of all 1,918 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. The opener groups are small and the example solver route is short.

Solver pressure ranks the answer within the pool; it does not measure player performance. The opener table compares first-guess results, and the contributed ratings report player results.

CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU benchmark

ARISE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 1 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, AUDIO left 274 candidates, about 274 times as many. The vowel-heavy probes ADIEU and AUDIO revealed comparatively little here. Vowel coverage helps only when the answer's vowels are still in doubt.

First-guess feedback each opener would have received against RINSE, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
ARISE ARISE 1
RAISE RAISE 1
TARSE TARSE 4
CRANE CRANE 5
STARE STARE 10
SLATE SLATE 27
SALET SALET 38
TRACE TRACE 40
ADIEU ADIEU 50
AUDIO AUDIO 274

“Answers still possible” counts the words in the site's 2,374-word working answer pool whose feedback would match that opener exactly. This is pattern arithmetic, not a simulation. A smaller number means the opener left fewer possible answers after the first guess. It does not describe later turns.

Contributed player ratings

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1 Suppressed
2 Suppressed
3 10
4 Suppressed
5 Suppressed
6 Suppressed
X Suppressed

The bars pool all 31 contributed games across every completed puzzle. The Observatory does not publish per-puzzle guess distributions below its sample threshold, so this is the broadest available comparison. “Suppressed” marks a low-count cell.

Solver replay

One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to RINSE.

The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for September 14, 2026?
The Wordle answer for September 14, 2026 (puzzle #1913) was RINSE.
What does RINSE mean?
RINSE: To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.
Why was Wordle #1913 tricky?
RINSE is rated easy for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be easier: five different letters, at least two vowels and none of Q, Z, X, J, K, V or W.

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