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Friday, August 14, 2026. Difficulty: Hard

Wordle #1882 Hints and Answer

Hints and the answer for Wordle #1882, played on Friday, August 14, 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 #1882 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 3 vowels (A, E, I, O or U). It's a noun.

    See every 5-letter word with 3 vowels

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  2. Are any letters repeated?Gentle hint

    Yes, one letter appears more than once.

    See words with repeated letters

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  3. What does it mean?Helpful hint

    This plain-looking rock hides a hollow center full of sparkling crystals.

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  4. What's the first letter?Helpful hint

    It starts with G.

    5-letter words starting with G

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  5. What's the last letter?Strong hint

    It ends with E.

    5-letter words ending with E

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  6. Show me the patternStrong hint
    GEE

    The pattern is G E _ _ E. Two letters left to find. See words that fit this pattern

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How popular openers scored on #1882

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 #1882
SLATE
1 green, 0 yellow. 424 words left
CRANE
1 green, 0 yellow. 439 words left
AUDIO
0 green, 2 yellow. 331 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, AUDIO narrowed things down the most.

Wordle #1882 answer

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GEODE

The answer to Wordle #1882 is GEODE.

Meaning: A hollow rock, often lined with crystals, that is usually round or knobby on the outside.

In a sentence: We cracked open the rock and found a sparkling geode inside.

Difficulty
Hard
Word type
noun
Vowels
3

Two E's and an O make it tricky; uncommon word.

Other words that fit G E _ _ E

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.

  • GEARE
  • GEESE
  • GELEE
  • GENIE
  • GENRE
  • GEODE
  • GERBE
  • GERLE
  • GERNE
  • GESSE
  • GESTE
GEODE by the numbers
  • 5 of the last 106 Wordle answers started with G, and 21 ended with E.
  • The least common letter in GEODE, measured across recent answers, is G, which appeared in 11 of 106 answers.
  • It has a repeated letter (E), which catches out many players.

Recent Wordle answers

DatePuzzleAnswer
Aug 13#1881CRASH
Aug 12#1880WIMPY
Aug 11#1879FENCE
Aug 10#1878SNIPE
Aug 9#1877CLUNK
Aug 8#1876PRIVY
Aug 7#1875FEIGN

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 #1882 questions

What was the Wordle answer on August 14, 2026?

The answer to Wordle #1882 on August 14, 2026 was GEODE. It means: A hollow rock, often lined with crystals, that is usually round or knobby on the outside.

Was Wordle #1882 hard?

We rated it Hard. Two E's and an O make it tricky; uncommon word.

What letters were in Wordle #1882?

GEODE has 3 vowels and the repeated letter E. It starts with G and ends with E.