Stuck on Wordle #1928? Open the hints one at a time. Each one gives away a little more, and the answer is last.
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: (underwater diving) An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressu...
Hint 4: First letter
The word starts with S.
Hint 5: Second letter
The second letter is C.
Hint 6: Last letter
The word ends with A.
Hint 7: Letter pattern
S _ U _ A
Show the answer
The answer to Wordle #1928 is SCUBA.
About this puzzle
- Puzzle number: 1928
- Edited by Tracy Bennett
- This is the first time this word has been the answer.
Yesterday's answer (September 28, 2026)
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Wordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
Word profile: SCUBA
- Part of speech: noun, verb
- Syllables: 2
- How common: about 0.6 uses per million words of English, so it is an uncommon word.
Meanings
- (underwater diving) An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater.
- (rare) To perform scuba diving.
- Alternative letter-case form of scuba. [(underwater diving) An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater.]
Similar words: aqualung
Rhymes: tuboplasty, kuba, aruba, carrubba, chuba, cuba, duba
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 1903 past answers
- 744 have the same vowels and repeat pattern (hint 1)
- 102 also start with S (hint 4)
- 0 also end with A (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.
- SUMAC (January 18, 2026)
- SAUNA (December 23, 2024)
- SAUCY (August 8, 2024)
- CAUSE (October 24, 2023)
- SCRUB (August 16, 2023)
- BASIC (September 27, 2021)
How common these letters are in Wordle
- S appears in 26% of past answers
- C appears in 19% of past answers
- U appears in 19% of past answers
- B appears in 12% of past answers
- A appears in 40% of past answers
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