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Tuesday, September 15, 2026. Difficulty: Medium

Wordle #1914 Hints and Answer

Hints and the answer for Wordle #1914, played on Tuesday, September 15, 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 #1914 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 verb.

    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

    Handed out cards to each player at the start of a game.

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  4. What's the first letter?Helpful hint

    It starts with D.

    5-letter words starting with D

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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
    DET

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

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How popular openers scored on #1914

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 #1914
SLATE
1 green, 3 yellow. 4 words left
CRANE
1 green, 1 yellow. 97 words left
AUDIO
0 green, 2 yellow. 376 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, leaving only 4 possible words.

Wordle #1914 answer

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DEALT

The answer to Wordle #1914 is DEALT.

Meaning: Past tense of deal, meaning distributed something among people or handled a situation or problem.

In a sentence: She dealt the cards quickly so the game could begin.

Difficulty
Medium
Word type
verb
Vowels
2

Common past tense, but the EA vowel combo trips up some players.

Other words that fit D E _ _ T

These 12 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.

  • DEALT
  • DEBIT
  • DEBUT
  • DEFAT
  • DEIST
  • DELFT
  • DEMIT
  • DEMPT
  • DENET
  • DEPOT
  • DERAT
  • DEVOT
DEALT by the numbers
  • 5 of the last 106 Wordle answers started with D, and 9 ended with T.
  • The least common letter in DEALT, measured across recent answers, is D, which appeared in 14 of 106 answers.
  • All five letters are different.

Recent Wordle answers

DatePuzzleAnswer
Sep 14#1913RINSE
Sep 13#1912FOCUS
Sep 12#1911NIFTY
Sep 11#1910ASTER
Sep 10#1909DRYLY
Sep 9#1908BURST
Sep 8#1907LIVEN

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 #1914 questions

What was the Wordle answer on September 15, 2026?

The answer to Wordle #1914 on September 15, 2026 was DEALT. It means: Past tense of deal, meaning distributed something among people or handled a situation or problem.

Was Wordle #1914 hard?

We rated it Medium. Common past tense, but the EA vowel combo trips up some players.

What letters were in Wordle #1914?

DEALT has 2 vowels and five different letters. It starts with D and ends with T.