Stuck on Wordle #1891? Open the hints one at a time. Each one gives away a little more, and the answer is last.
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Very hard Difficulty: very hard, because it is not an everyday word and it uses some less common letters.
Hint 1: Vowels and repeated letters
The word has 2 vowels (A, E, I, O or U). No letter repeats.
Hint 2: What kind of word it is
It is usually used as an adjective or a noun.
Hint 3: What it means
A dictionary meaning, with the word hidden: From or relating to a previous era.
Bonus hint: A riddle
A souvenir from the days when radios crackled and phones had cords.
Hint 4: First letter
The word starts with O.
Hint 5: Second letter
The second letter is L.
Hint 6: Last letter
The word ends with N.
Hint 7: Letter pattern
O _ D _ N
Show the answer
The answer to Wordle #1891 is OLDEN.
About this puzzle
- Puzzle number: 1891
- Edited by Tracy Bennett
- This is the first time this word has been the answer.
Yesterday's answer (August 22, 2026)
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Wordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
Word profile: OLDEN
- Part of speech: adjective, noun, verb
- Syllables: 2
- How common: about 0.78 uses per million words of English, so it is an uncommon word.
Meanings
- From or relating to a previous era.
- (archaic) Old; ancient.
- (intransitive, dated or rare) To grow old; age; assume an older appearance or character; become affected by age.
- An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Eastland County, Texas, United States.
Similar words: past
Rhymes: golden, beholden, embolden, molden, soldan, colden, moulden
How would your starting word have done?
Here is the first-row result today's answer would give for some popular opening words.
How much each hint narrows it down
Using the list of past Wordle answers as the word list, this is how many words would still fit after each hint.
- All 1869 past answers
- 728 have the same vowels and repeat pattern (hint 1)
- 9 also start with O (hint 4)
- 2 also end with N (hint 5)
- 0 also match the letter pattern (hint 6)
Past answers that look like today's
Earlier answers that share at least three letters in the same spots, or four of the same letters.
- DEMON (July 8, 2026)
- LADEN (April 9, 2026)
- BLEND (September 4, 2025)
- NOVEL (July 9, 2025)
- DRONE (May 26, 2025)
- DOWEL (May 11, 2025)
- LODGE (February 27, 2025)
- ENDOW (December 5, 2024)
- WIDEN (September 5, 2024)
- ORDER (June 27, 2024)
How common these letters are in Wordle
- O appears in 30% of past answers
- L appears in 28% of past answers
- D appears in 16% of past answers
- E appears in 47% of past answers
- N appears in 24% of past answers
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