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Monday, July 27, 2026. Difficulty: Medium

Wordle #1864 Hints and Answer

Hints and the answer for Wordle #1864, played on Monday, July 27, 2026. The hints run from a gentle nudge to the letter pattern, and the answer is kept in the spoiler zone further down.

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Wordle #1864 hints

The hints run from gentle to giveaway. Open one, go back to your game, and only come back if you're still stuck.

  1. How many vowels?Gentle hint

    Today's word has 2 vowels (A, E, I, O or U). It's a noun.

    See every 5-letter word with 2 vowels

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  2. Are any letters repeated?Gentle hint

    No, all five letters are different.

    See words without repeated letters

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  3. What does it mean?Helpful hint

    A tricky question that's hard to answer, or someone who shows off to look more impressive than they really are.

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  4. What's the first letter?Helpful hint

    It starts with P.

    5-letter words starting with P

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  5. What's the last letter?Strong hint

    It ends with R.

    5-letter words ending with R

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  6. Show me the patternStrong hint
    POR

    The pattern is P O _ _ R. Two letters left to find. See words that fit this pattern

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How popular openers scored on #1864

Curious how the most-used starting words do against this puzzle? This shows the colours each one would get and how many 5-letter words would still be possible after it. It gives away letters, so treat it as a medium-strength hint.

Show SLATE, CRANE and AUDIO against Wordle #1864
SLATE
0 green, 2 yellow. 646 words left
CRANE
0 green, 2 yellow. 630 words left
AUDIO
0 green, 1 yellow. 1,544 words left

Counts come from the 12,653 five-letter words in our Wordle solver list, which includes rare words the NYT never picks, so the real field is smaller. On this puzzle, CRANE narrowed things down the most.

Wordle #1864 answer

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POSER

The answer to Wordle #1864 is POSER.

Meaning: A person who acts in a way meant to impress others, or a difficult question or problem.

In a sentence: The guy in the fancy car turned out to be a total poser.

Difficulty
Medium
Word type
noun
Vowels
2

Common letters, but the word is less familiar to many players.

Other words that fit P O _ _ R

These 6 words all share the first two letters and last letter of this puzzle's answer, so they are the ones players most often guess on the way. The answer is highlighted.

  • POKER
  • POLAR
  • POLER
  • PORER
  • POSER
  • POWER
POSER by the numbers
  • 13 of the last 106 Wordle answers started with P, and 10 ended with R.
  • The least common letter in POSER, measured across recent answers, is P, which appeared in 27 of 106 answers.
  • All five letters are different.

Recent Wordle answers

DatePuzzleAnswer
Jul 26#1863GRAPE
Jul 25#1862ALOHA
Jul 24#1861PUTTY
Jul 23#1860ORBIT
Jul 22#1859LORRY
Jul 21#1858SHILL
Jul 20#1857DIVER

All past Wordle answers

About Wordle

Wordle is a daily five-letter word puzzle published by The New York Times. You have six guesses, and each letter turns green, yellow or grey to show how close it is. Every player gets the same word each day, which is why archives like this one are useful for checking past answers and spotting patterns. New to the game? Read how to play Wordle, or see which starting words work best on real answers.

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Wordle #1864 questions

What was the Wordle answer on July 27, 2026?

The answer to Wordle #1864 on July 27, 2026 was POSER. It means: A person who acts in a way meant to impress others, or a difficult question or problem.

Was Wordle #1864 hard?

We rated it Medium. Common letters, but the word is less familiar to many players.

What letters were in Wordle #1864?

POSER has 2 vowels and five different letters. It starts with P and ends with R.