Stuck on Wordle #1903? 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 a noun or a verb.
Hint 3: What it means
A dictionary meaning, with the word hidden: A bet; a stake; a pledge.
Bonus hint: A riddle
I live where odds and hunches shake hands before the game begins.
Hint 4: First letter
The word starts with W.
Hint 5: Second letter
The second letter is A.
Hint 6: Last letter
The word ends with R.
Hint 7: Letter pattern
W _ G _ R
Show the answer
The answer to Wordle #1903 is WAGER.
About this puzzle
- Puzzle number: 1903
- Edited by Tracy Bennett
- This is the first time this word has been the answer.
Yesterday's answer (September 3, 2026)
JOIST. Yesterday's hints
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Wordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
Word profile: WAGER
- Part of speech: noun, verb
- Syllables: 2
- How common: about 1.06 uses per million words of English, so it is an uncommon word.
Meanings
- A bet; a stake; a pledge.
- The subject of a bet.
- (law) A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event.
- (transitive) To bet something; to put it up as collateral.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To suppose; to dare say.
Similar words: stake, staking, stakes, risking, hazarding, bet
Rhymes: major, agger, cager, rampager, teenager, gauger
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 1880 past answers
- 734 have the same vowels and repeat pattern (hint 1)
- 30 also start with W (hint 4)
- 4 also end with R (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.
- GRAPE (July 26, 2026)
- AGREE (May 21, 2026)
- WAVER (May 14, 2026)
- WISER (March 25, 2026)
- GRADE (March 15, 2026)
- WAXEN (January 19, 2026)
- RACER (January 16, 2026)
- GRAVE (November 20, 2025)
- MAKER (November 19, 2025)
- GLARE (October 29, 2025)
How common these letters are in Wordle
- W appears in 8% of past answers
- A appears in 40% of past answers
- G appears in 13% of past answers
- E appears in 47% of past answers
- R appears in 36% of past answers
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