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Monday, August 31, 2026. Difficulty: Easy

Wordle #1899 Hints and Answer

Hints and the answer for Wordle #1899, played on Monday, August 31, 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 #1899 hints

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  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.

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  3. What does it mean?Helpful hint

    A rounded heap of earth, sand, or stones that rises above the ground, sometimes built over a grave.

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  4. What's the first letter?Helpful hint

    It starts with M.

    5-letter words starting with M

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  5. What's the last letter?Strong hint

    It ends with D.

    5-letter words ending with D

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  6. Show me the patternStrong hint
    MOD

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

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How popular openers scored on #1899

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 #1899
SLATE
0 green, 0 yellow. 837 words left
CRANE
1 green, 0 yellow. 186 words left
AUDIO
0 green, 3 yellow. 38 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 #1899 answer

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MOUND

The answer to Wordle #1899 is MOUND.

Meaning: A raised heap or small hill of earth, sand, stones, or similar material, either natural or man-made.

In a sentence: The children climbed to the top of the grassy mound and rolled down the other side.

Difficulty
Easy
Word type
noun
Vowels
2

Common letters with no repeats, and a familiar everyday word.

Other words that fit M O _ _ D

These 10 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.

  • MONAD
  • MOOED
  • MOPED
  • MOSED
  • MOTED
  • MOULD
  • MOUND
  • MOVED
  • MOWED
  • MOZED
MOUND by the numbers
  • 6 of the last 106 Wordle answers started with M, and 3 ended with D.
  • The least common letter in MOUND, measured across recent answers, is M, which appeared in 11 of 106 answers.
  • All five letters are different.

Recent Wordle answers

DatePuzzleAnswer
Aug 30#1898INTEL
Aug 29#1897BLOOD
Aug 28#1896TWEEN
Aug 27#1895UNCUT
Aug 26#1894CAPON
Aug 25#1893CLICK
Aug 24#1892RUNNY

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 #1899 questions

What was the Wordle answer on August 31, 2026?

The answer to Wordle #1899 on August 31, 2026 was MOUND. It means: A raised heap or small hill of earth, sand, stones, or similar material, either natural or man-made.

Was Wordle #1899 hard?

We rated it Easy. Common letters with no repeats, and a familiar everyday word.

What letters were in Wordle #1899?

MOUND has 2 vowels and five different letters. It starts with M and ends with D.