Play Wordle #1865
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Wordle #1865 hints
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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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Are any letters repeated?Gentle hint
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What does it mean?Helpful hint
A technology that uses echoing sound pulses to find objects underwater.
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What's the first letter?Helpful hint
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What's the last letter?Strong hint
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Show me the patternStrong hint
SORThe pattern is S O _ _ R. Two letters left to find. See words that fit this pattern
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How popular openers scored on #1865
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 #1865
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 #1865 answer
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The answer to Wordle #1865 is SONAR.
Meaning: A system that uses reflected sound waves to detect and locate objects underwater.
In a sentence: The submarine's sonar picked up a faint signal from the ocean floor.
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Word type
- noun
- Vowels
- 2
Common letters, but a more technical word that many players may not know.
Other words that fit S O _ _ R
These 11 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.
- SOBER
- SOFAR
- SOGER
- SOHUR
- SOLAR
- SOLER
- SONAR
- SOPOR
- SORER
- SOWAR
- SOWER
SONAR by the numbers
- 17 of the last 106 Wordle answers started with S, and 10 ended with R.
- The least common letter in SONAR, measured across recent answers, is N, which appeared in 29 of 106 answers.
- All five letters are different.
Recent Wordle answers
| Date | Puzzle | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 27 | #1864 | POSER |
| Jul 26 | #1863 | GRAPE |
| Jul 25 | #1862 | ALOHA |
| Jul 24 | #1861 | PUTTY |
| Jul 23 | #1860 | ORBIT |
| Jul 22 | #1859 | LORRY |
| Jul 21 | #1858 | SHILL |
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 #1865 questions
What was the Wordle answer on July 28, 2026?
The answer to Wordle #1865 on July 28, 2026 was SONAR. It means: A system that uses reflected sound waves to detect and locate objects underwater.
Was Wordle #1865 hard?
We rated it Medium. Common letters, but a more technical word that many players may not know.
What letters were in Wordle #1865?
SONAR has 2 vowels and five different letters. It starts with S and ends with R.