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Wednesday, September 23, 2026. Difficulty: Medium

Wordle #1922 Hints and Answer

Hints and the answer for Wordle #1922, played on Wednesday, September 23, 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 #1922 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 adverb.

    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

    It means onward or out into view, and it often shows up in the phrase back and something else.

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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 H.

    5-letter words ending with H

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  6. Show me the patternStrong hint
    FOH

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

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How popular openers scored on #1922

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 #1922
SLATE
1 green, 0 yellow. 118 words left
CRANE
0 green, 1 yellow. 475 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 #1922 answer

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FORTH

The answer to Wordle #1922 is FORTH.

Meaning: Forward in place, time, or order, or out into view.

In a sentence: They paced back and forth across the kitchen while they waited for the phone to ring.

Difficulty
Medium
Word type
adverb
Vowels
1

Common letters, but the word mostly appears in set phrases like back and forth.

Other words that fit F O _ _ H

These 3 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.

  • FORTH
  • FOUTH
  • FOWTH
FORTH by the numbers
  • 5 of the last 106 Wordle answers started with F, and 5 ended with H.
  • The least common letter in FORTH, measured across recent answers, is F, which appeared in 8 of 106 answers.
  • All five letters are different.

Recent Wordle answers

DatePuzzleAnswer
Sep 22#1921STOKE
Sep 21#1920PAGER
Sep 20#1919SHONE
Sep 19#1918WAKEN
Sep 18#1917SNOWY
Sep 17#1916THETA
Sep 16#1915WISPY

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 #1922 questions

What was the Wordle answer on September 23, 2026?

The answer to Wordle #1922 on September 23, 2026 was FORTH. It means: Forward in place, time, or order, or out into view.

Was Wordle #1922 hard?

We rated it Medium. Common letters, but the word mostly appears in set phrases like back and forth.

What letters were in Wordle #1922?

FORTH has 1 vowel and five different letters. It starts with F and ends with H.