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Wednesday, September 9, 2026. Difficulty: Easy

Wordle #1908 Hints and Answer

Hints and the answer for Wordle #1908, played on Wednesday, September 9, 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 #1908 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 1 vowel (A, E, I, O or U). It's a verb.

    See every 5-letter word with 1 vowel

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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

    To break open suddenly, often with a loud noise, or to suddenly show a strong feeling or movement.

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  4. What's the first letter?Helpful hint

    It starts with B.

    5-letter words starting with B

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  5. What's the last letter?Strong hint

    It ends with T.

    5-letter words ending with T

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  6. Show me the patternStrong hint
    BUT

    The pattern is B U _ _ T. Two letters left to find. See words that fit this pattern

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How popular openers scored on #1908

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 #1908
SLATE
0 green, 2 yellow. 166 words left
CRANE
0 green, 1 yellow. 475 words left
AUDIO
1 green, 0 yellow. 551 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, SLATE narrowed things down the most.

Wordle #1908 answer

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BURST

The answer to Wordle #1908 is BURST.

Meaning: To break open or apart suddenly and forcefully, or to appear or happen with sudden energy.

In a sentence: The balloon finally popped and the air inside rushed out.

Difficulty
Easy
Word type
verb
Vowels
1

Common word with familiar letters and no repeated letters.

Other words that fit B U _ _ T

These 7 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.

  • BUILT
  • BUIST
  • BUNDT
  • BURET
  • BURNT
  • BURST
  • BUTUT
BURST by the numbers
  • 7 of the last 106 Wordle answers started with B, and 9 ended with T.
  • The least common letter in BURST, measured across recent answers, is B, which appeared in 10 of 106 answers.
  • All five letters are different.

Recent Wordle answers

DatePuzzleAnswer
Sep 8#1907LIVEN
Sep 7#1906BLIND
Sep 6#1905BEIGE
Sep 5#1904SOUPY
Sep 4#1903WAGER
Sep 3#1902JOIST
Sep 2#1901RULER

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 #1908 questions

What was the Wordle answer on September 9, 2026?

The answer to Wordle #1908 on September 9, 2026 was BURST. It means: To break open or apart suddenly and forcefully, or to appear or happen with sudden energy.

Was Wordle #1908 hard?

We rated it Easy. Common word with familiar letters and no repeated letters.

What letters were in Wordle #1908?

BURST has 1 vowel and five different letters. It starts with B and ends with T.