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Wiktionary lists it as an adjective, and also as a noun.
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“A possibly risqué comic story or anecdote.”
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The only vowel is the second letter.
On its own, this leaves 309 of the 2,374 words in our working answer pool.
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Begins with N.
On its own, this leaves 39 of the 2,374 words in our working answer pool.
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The middle letter is F.
On its own, this leaves 28 of the 2,374 words in our working answer pool.
Yesterday: ASTER Seen before? No, not in our recorded answers. Word difficulty: Moderate
NIFTY: Good, smart; useful or beneficial, often in an impressively clever way.
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Yesterday's Wordle answer
September 11, 2026 · Game #1,910
ASTER: Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
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Recent puzzles
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| Date | Game | Answer | Word difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Sep 6 Sun | #1,905 → | BEIGE | Moderate |
| Sep 5 Sat | #1,904 → | SOUPY | Hard |
| Sep 4 Fri | #1,903 → | WAGER | Moderate |
| Sep 3 Thu | #1,902 → | JOIST | Hard |
| Sep 2 Wed | #1,901 → | RULER | Moderate |
| Sep 1 Tue | #1,900 → | REMIX | Moderate |
| Aug 31 Mon | #1,899 → | MOUND | Easy |
| Aug 30 Sun | #1,898 → | INTEL | Easy |
On this day in Wordle
Past answers published on September 12 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
Corpus data records THROB less than once per million words of English, so familiar-looking letters can still hide an uncommon answer.
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2 years ago
The doubled S raises the difficulty. Once a letter shows up yellow or green, few players try it a second time unprompted.
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3 years ago
There is just one vowel to find, which makes vowel-heavy openers less useful. The consonants do most of the narrowing.
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 1,910 past puzzles
Starting letter
- S 283
- C 169
- B 146
- T 127
- A 123
- P 114
- F 105
- G 102
- M 93
- D 87
Ending letter
- E 380
- Y 265
- T 214
- R 161
- L 136
- H 115
- N 111
- D 98
- K 88
- A 51
Answer-history notes
Repeat answers
23 words have appeared more than once among 1,910 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