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Sunday, September 13, 2026. Difficulty: Medium

Wordle #1912 Hints and Answer

Hints and the answer for Wordle #1912, played on Sunday, September 13, 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 #1912 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

    The central point of attention, or the ability to concentrate on one thing without getting distracted.

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  4. What's the first letter?Helpful hint

    It starts with F.

    5-letter words starting with F

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  5. What's the last letter?Strong hint

    It ends with S.

    5-letter words ending with S

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  6. Show me the patternStrong hint
    FOS

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

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How popular openers scored on #1912

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 #1912
SLATE
0 green, 1 yellow. 801 words left
CRANE
0 green, 1 yellow. 232 words left
AUDIO
0 green, 2 yellow. 239 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 #1912 answer

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FOCUS

The answer to Wordle #1912 is FOCUS.

Meaning: The center of interest or activity, or concentrated attention given to something.

In a sentence: She struggled to keep her focus during the long meeting.

Difficulty
Medium
Word type
noun
Vowels
2

Common word, but two vowels and an unusual C-U-S ending.

Other words that fit F O _ _ S

These 26 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.

  • FOALS
  • FOAMS
  • FOCUS
  • FOHNS
  • FOIDS
  • FOILS
  • FOINS
  • FOLDS
  • FOLKS
  • FOMES
  • FONDS
  • FONTS
  • FOODS
  • FOOLS
  • FOOTS
  • FORBS
  • FORDS
  • FORES
  • FORKS
  • FORMS
  • FORTS
  • FOUDS
  • FOULS
  • FOURS
  • FOWLS
  • FOXES
FOCUS by the numbers
  • 5 of the last 106 Wordle answers started with F, and 1 ended with S.
  • The least common letter in FOCUS, measured across recent answers, is F, which appeared in 8 of 106 answers.
  • All five letters are different.

Recent Wordle answers

DatePuzzleAnswer
Sep 12#1911NIFTY
Sep 11#1910ASTER
Sep 10#1909DRYLY
Sep 9#1908BURST
Sep 8#1907LIVEN
Sep 7#1906BLIND
Sep 6#1905BEIGE

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 #1912 questions

What was the Wordle answer on September 13, 2026?

The answer to Wordle #1912 on September 13, 2026 was FOCUS. It means: The center of interest or activity, or concentrated attention given to something.

Was Wordle #1912 hard?

We rated it Medium. Common word, but two vowels and an unusual C-U-S ending.

What letters were in Wordle #1912?

FOCUS has 2 vowels and five different letters. It starts with F and ends with S.