Play Wordle #1920
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Wordle #1920 hints
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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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Are any letters repeated?Gentle hint
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What does it mean?Helpful hint
A small device that beeps or vibrates to alert you when someone needs to reach you, popular before cell phones became common.
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What's the first letter?Helpful hint
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What's the last letter?Strong hint
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Show me the patternStrong hint
PARThe pattern is P A _ _ R. Two letters left to find. See words that fit this pattern
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How popular openers scored on #1920
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 #1920
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 #1920 answer
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The answer to Wordle #1920 is PAGER.
Meaning: A small electronic device that receives messages or alerts and signals the carrier, usually by beeping or vibrating.
In a sentence: The nurse's pager went off in the middle of dinner.
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Word type
- noun
- Vowels
- 2
Common letters, but the word feels dated and is less used today.
Other words that fit P A _ _ R
These 10 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.
- PACER
- PAGER
- PALER
- PAPER
- PARER
- PATER
- PAVER
- PAWER
- PAYER
- PAYOR
PAGER by the numbers
- 13 of the last 106 Wordle answers started with P, and 10 ended with R.
- The least common letter in PAGER, measured across recent answers, is G, which appeared in 11 of 106 answers.
- All five letters are different.
Recent Wordle answers
| Date | Puzzle | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 | #1919 | SHONE |
| Sep 19 | #1918 | WAKEN |
| Sep 18 | #1917 | SNOWY |
| Sep 17 | #1916 | THETA |
| Sep 16 | #1915 | WISPY |
| Sep 15 | #1914 | DEALT |
| Sep 14 | #1913 | RINSE |
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 #1920 questions
What was the Wordle answer on September 21, 2026?
The answer to Wordle #1920 on September 21, 2026 was PAGER. It means: A small electronic device that receives messages or alerts and signals the carrier, usually by beeping or vibrating.
Was Wordle #1920 hard?
We rated it Medium. Common letters, but the word feels dated and is less used today.
What letters were in Wordle #1920?
PAGER has 2 vowels and five different letters. It starts with P and ends with R.