Stuck on Wordle #1908? Open the hints one at a time. Each one gives away a little more, and the answer is last.
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Hard Difficulty: hard, because it uses some less common letters.
Hint 1: Vowels and repeated letters
The word has 1 vowel (A, E, I, O or U). No letter repeats.
Hint 2: What kind of word it is
It is usually used as a verb or a noun.
Hint 3: What it means
A dictionary meaning, with the word hidden: (intransitive) To break from internal pressure.
Bonus hint: A riddle
I sit tight, then suddenly pop when the pressure gets too bossy.
Hint 4: First letter
The word starts with B.
Hint 5: Second letter
The second letter is U.
Hint 6: Last letter
The word ends with T.
Hint 7: Letter pattern
B _ R _ T
Show the answer
The answer to Wordle #1908 is BURST.
About this puzzle
- Puzzle number: 1908
- Edited by Tracy Bennett
- This is the first time this word has been the answer.
Yesterday's answer (September 8, 2026)
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Wordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
Word profile: BURST
- Part of speech: verb, noun
- Syllables: 1
- How common: about 12.96 uses per million words of English, so it is a fairly common word.
Meanings
- (intransitive) To break from internal pressure.
- (intransitive) To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.
- (intransitive) To erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting.
- (transitive) To cause to break from internal pressure.
- (transitive) To produce as an effect of bursting.
Similar words: break, fit, collapse, split, fusillade, bust, erupt, bristle
Rhymes: coerced, cursed, immersed, first, outburst, cloudburst, thirst, traversed
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 1885 past answers
- 279 have the same vowels and repeat pattern (hint 1)
- 31 also start with B (hint 4)
- 4 also end with T (hint 5)
- 1 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.
- PURSE (July 31, 2026)
- STRUT (January 25, 2026)
- BLAST (January 8, 2026)
- TUBER (October 24, 2025)
- BURNT (July 22, 2025)
- NURSE (April 12, 2025)
- TURBO (April 10, 2025)
- CURSE (April 2, 2025)
- BOAST (December 16, 2024)
- BRUTE (August 22, 2024)
How common these letters are in Wordle
- B appears in 12% of past answers
- U appears in 20% of past answers
- R appears in 36% of past answers
- S appears in 25% of past answers
- T appears in 30% of past answers
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