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Friday, September 18, 2026. Difficulty: Easy

Wordle #1917 Hints and Answer

Hints and the answer for Wordle #1917, played on Friday, September 18, 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 #1917 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

    Think of a winter day when white flakes fall from the sky and cover the ground.

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  4. What's the first letter?Helpful hint

    It starts with S.

    5-letter words starting with S

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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
    SNY

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

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How popular openers scored on #1917

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 #1917
SLATE
1 green, 0 yellow. 259 words left
CRANE
0 green, 1 yellow. 413 words left
AUDIO
0 green, 1 yellow. 1,544 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 #1917 answer

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SNOWY

The answer to Wordle #1917 is SNOWY.

Meaning: Covered with snow or having a lot of snow falling.

In a sentence: We woke up to a snowy morning and built a fort in the yard.

Difficulty
Easy
Word type
adjective
Vowels
1

Common everyday word with a simple pattern, though the W and Y are less usual.

Other words that fit S N _ _ Y

These 4 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.

  • SNAKY
  • SNARY
  • SNIPY
  • SNOWY
SNOWY by the numbers
  • 17 of the last 106 Wordle answers started with S, and 21 ended with Y.
  • The least common letter in SNOWY, measured across recent answers, is W, which appeared in 11 of 106 answers.
  • All five letters are different.

Recent Wordle answers

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Sep 12#1911NIFTY
Sep 11#1910ASTER

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 #1917 questions

What was the Wordle answer on September 18, 2026?

The answer to Wordle #1917 on September 18, 2026 was SNOWY. It means: Covered with snow or having a lot of snow falling.

Was Wordle #1917 hard?

We rated it Easy. Common everyday word with a simple pattern, though the W and Y are less usual.

What letters were in Wordle #1917?

SNOWY has 1 vowel and five different letters. It starts with S and ends with Y.