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Tuesday, September 29, 2026. Difficulty: Medium

Wordle #1928 Hints and Answer

Hints and the answer for Wordle #1928, played on Tuesday, September 29, 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 #1928 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 noun.

    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

    This gear with tanks and a regulator lets people breathe while they explore the ocean floor.

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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 A.

    5-letter words ending with A

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  6. Show me the patternStrong hint
    SCA

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

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How popular openers scored on #1928

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 #1928
SLATE
1 green, 1 yellow. 137 words left
CRANE
0 green, 2 yellow. 136 words left
AUDIO
0 green, 2 yellow. 247 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, CRANE narrowed things down the most.

Wordle #1928 answer

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SCUBA

The answer to Wordle #1928 is SCUBA.

Meaning: A portable breathing apparatus with compressed-air tanks that lets a person breathe underwater.

In a sentence: We rented scuba gear before our reef trip.

Difficulty
Medium
Word type
noun
Vowels
2

Five unique letters, but it's a less common word.

Other words that fit S C _ _ A

These 7 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.

  • SCALA
  • SCAPA
  • SCENA
  • SCHWA
  • SCOPA
  • SCUBA
  • SCUTA
SCUBA by the numbers
  • 17 of the last 106 Wordle answers started with S, and 4 ended with A.
  • The least common letter in SCUBA, measured across recent answers, is B, which appeared in 10 of 106 answers.
  • All five letters are different.

Recent Wordle answers

DatePuzzleAnswer
Sep 28#1927TRUNK
Sep 27#1926SLOOP
Sep 26#1925ELEGY
Sep 25#1924COPSE
Sep 24#1923MESSY
Sep 23#1922FORTH
Sep 22#1921STOKE

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 #1928 questions

What was the Wordle answer on September 29, 2026?

The answer to Wordle #1928 on September 29, 2026 was SCUBA. It means: A portable breathing apparatus with compressed-air tanks that lets a person breathe underwater.

Was Wordle #1928 hard?

We rated it Medium. Five unique letters, but it's a less common word.

What letters were in Wordle #1928?

SCUBA has 2 vowels and five different letters. It starts with S and ends with A.