Stuck on Wordle #1948? 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 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 noun or a verb.
Hint 3: What it means
A dictionary meaning, with the word hidden: (intransitive) To have a strong bad smell.
Bonus hint: A riddle
What makes noses wrinkle and lockers groan after too long in the sun?
Hint 4: First letter
The word starts with S.
Hint 5: Second letter
The second letter is T.
Hint 6: Last letter
The word ends with K.
Hint 7: Letter pattern
S _ I _ K
Show the answer
The answer to Wordle #1948 is STINK.
About this puzzle
- Puzzle number: 1948
- Edited by Tracy Bennett
- This word was also the answer on July 3, 2021.
Yesterday's answer (October 18, 2026)
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Wordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
Word profile: STINK
- Part of speech: noun, verb, adjective
- Syllables: 1
- How common: about 0.91 uses per million words of English, so it is an uncommon word.
Meanings
- (intransitive) To have a strong bad smell.
- A strong bad smell.
- (intransitive, stative, informal) To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.
- (informal) A complaint or objection.
- (intransitive) To give an impression of dishonesty, untruth, or sin.
Similar words: fetor, malodor, stench, reek, malodour, foetor
Rhymes: link, shrink, blink, think, pink, clink, hoodwink, brink
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 1921 past answers
- 283 have the same vowels and repeat pattern (hint 1)
- 82 also start with S (hint 4)
- 17 also end with K (hint 5)
- 5 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.
- STEAK (July 14, 2026)
- SLING (July 7, 2026)
- SATIN (May 9, 2026)
- STAND (April 19, 2026)
- SLICK (March 21, 2026)
- STANK (February 20, 2026)
- SPINY (February 1, 2026)
- CLINK (January 22, 2026)
- SWING (December 14, 2025)
- STUNT (October 22, 2025)
How common these letters are in Wordle
- S appears in 26% of past answers
- T appears in 30% of past answers
- I appears in 28% of past answers
- N appears in 24% of past answers
- K appears in 9% of past answers
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