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Saturday, September 12, 2026. Difficulty: Medium

Wordle #1911 Hints and Answer

Hints and the answer for Wordle #1911, played on Saturday, September 12, 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 #1911 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 an adjective.

    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

    A word people use to describe something clever, neat, or stylishly done.

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  4. What's the first letter?Helpful hint

    It starts with N.

    5-letter words starting with N

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  5. What's the last letter?Strong hint

    It ends with Y.

    5-letter words ending with Y

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  6. Show me the patternStrong hint
    NIY

    The pattern is N I _ _ Y. Two letters left to find. See words that fit this pattern

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How popular openers scored on #1911

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 #1911
SLATE
1 green, 0 yellow. 118 words left
CRANE
0 green, 1 yellow. 413 words left
AUDIO
0 green, 1 yellow. 1,229 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 #1911 answer

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NIFTY

The answer to Wordle #1911 is NIFTY.

Meaning: Pleasingly clever, neat, or stylish, or quick and skillful in movement or action.

In a sentence: That gadget is a nifty way to keep your desk organized.

Difficulty
Medium
Word type
adjective
Vowels
1

Uncommon letter F and ending Y, but it's a fairly familiar everyday word.

Other words that fit N I _ _ Y

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.

  • NIFFY
  • NIFTY
  • NINNY
  • NIPPY
  • NIRLY
  • NITRY
  • NITTY
NIFTY by the numbers
  • 1 of the last 106 Wordle answers started with N, and 21 ended with Y.
  • The least common letter in NIFTY, measured across recent answers, is F, which appeared in 8 of 106 answers.
  • All five letters are different.

Recent Wordle answers

DatePuzzleAnswer
Sep 11#1910ASTER
Sep 10#1909DRYLY
Sep 9#1908BURST
Sep 8#1907LIVEN
Sep 7#1906BLIND
Sep 6#1905BEIGE
Sep 5#1904SOUPY

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 #1911 questions

What was the Wordle answer on September 12, 2026?

The answer to Wordle #1911 on September 12, 2026 was NIFTY. It means: Pleasingly clever, neat, or stylish, or quick and skillful in movement or action.

Was Wordle #1911 hard?

We rated it Medium. Uncommon letter F and ending Y, but it's a fairly familiar everyday word.

What letters were in Wordle #1911?

NIFTY has 1 vowel and five different letters. It starts with N and ends with Y.