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Tuesday, September 22, 2026. Difficulty: Medium

Wordle #1921 Hints and Answer

Hints and the answer for Wordle #1921, played on Tuesday, September 22, 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 #1921 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

    To add fuel to a fire, or to build up a strong feeling or activity.

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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 E.

    5-letter words ending with E

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  6. Show me the patternStrong hint
    STE

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

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How popular openers scored on #1921

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 #1921
SLATE
2 green, 1 yellow. 19 words left
CRANE
1 green, 0 yellow. 439 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, leaving only 19 possible words.

Wordle #1921 answer

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STOKE

The answer to Wordle #1921 is STOKE.

Meaning: To add fuel to a fire or intensify a feeling or activity.

In a sentence: He stoked the campfire before the rain started.

Difficulty
Medium
Word type
verb
Vowels
2

Common letters, but the word is less familiar to many players.

Other words that fit S T _ _ E

These 32 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.

  • STADE
  • STAGE
  • STAKE
  • STALE
  • STANE
  • STARE
  • STATE
  • STAVE
  • STEDE
  • STELE
  • STEME
  • STERE
  • STILE
  • STIME
  • STIPE
  • STIRE
  • STIVE
  • STOAE
  • STOKE
  • STOLE
  • STONE
  • STOPE
  • STORE
  • STOVE
  • STRAE
  • STUDE
  • STUPE
  • STURE
  • STYLE
  • STYME
  • STYRE
  • STYTE
STOKE by the numbers
  • 17 of the last 106 Wordle answers started with S, and 21 ended with E.
  • The least common letter in STOKE, measured across recent answers, is K, which appeared in 10 of 106 answers.
  • All five letters are different.

Recent Wordle answers

DatePuzzleAnswer
Sep 21#1920PAGER
Sep 20#1919SHONE
Sep 19#1918WAKEN
Sep 18#1917SNOWY
Sep 17#1916THETA
Sep 16#1915WISPY
Sep 15#1914DEALT

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 #1921 questions

What was the Wordle answer on September 22, 2026?

The answer to Wordle #1921 on September 22, 2026 was STOKE. It means: To add fuel to a fire or intensify a feeling or activity.

Was Wordle #1921 hard?

We rated it Medium. Common letters, but the word is less familiar to many players.

What letters were in Wordle #1921?

STOKE has 2 vowels and five different letters. It starts with S and ends with E.