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Friday, September 4, 2026. Difficulty: Medium

Wordle #1903 Hints and Answer

Hints and the answer for Wordle #1903, played on Friday, September 4, 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 #1903 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

    Money or something of value that you risk on the outcome of a game, race, or uncertain event.

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  4. What's the first letter?Helpful hint

    It starts with W.

    5-letter words starting with W

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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
    WAR

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

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How popular openers scored on #1903

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 #1903
SLATE
0 green, 2 yellow. 371 words left
CRANE
0 green, 3 yellow. 255 words left
AUDIO
0 green, 1 yellow. 2,158 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 #1903 answer

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WAGER

The answer to Wordle #1903 is WAGER.

Meaning: A bet, or an amount of money or something valuable staked on the outcome of an uncertain event.

In a sentence: She placed a small wager on the home team to win the game.

Difficulty
Medium
Word type
noun
Vowels
2

Common everyday word, but the uncommon G and W make spelling tricky.

Other words that fit W A _ _ R

These 9 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.

  • WADER
  • WAFER
  • WAGER
  • WAKER
  • WALER
  • WATER
  • WAVER
  • WAXER
  • WAZIR
WAGER by the numbers
  • 6 of the last 106 Wordle answers started with W, and 10 ended with R.
  • The least common letter in WAGER, measured across recent answers, is W, which appeared in 11 of 106 answers.
  • All five letters are different.

Recent Wordle answers

DatePuzzleAnswer
Sep 3#1902JOIST
Sep 2#1901RULER
Sep 1#1900REMIX
Aug 31#1899MOUND
Aug 30#1898INTEL
Aug 29#1897BLOOD
Aug 28#1896TWEEN

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 #1903 questions

What was the Wordle answer on September 4, 2026?

The answer to Wordle #1903 on September 4, 2026 was WAGER. It means: A bet, or an amount of money or something valuable staked on the outcome of an uncertain event.

Was Wordle #1903 hard?

We rated it Medium. Common everyday word, but the uncommon G and W make spelling tricky.

What letters were in Wordle #1903?

WAGER has 2 vowels and five different letters. It starts with W and ends with R.