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🔹 Is there a spoiler answer on this page?

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🔹 How far back do the answers go?

Our archive includes every Wordle answer, since the game’s launch in June 2021 .

🔹 What was the first Wordle answer ever?

The first official Wordle answer was CIGAR , published on June 19, 2021 . The second word (#2) was REBUT on the following day.

🔹 Can these past answers appear again in future Wordles?

No. After Wordle uses a word as a solution, it no longer appears in future puzzles, but players can still guess it.

NYT Wordle · Daily answer & hints · Puzzle #1865

Wordle Answer and Hints Today — July 28, 2026

🟩Puzzle: #1865 📅Tuesday, July 28, 2026 ⚡Difficulty: Easy

🔑 Key Takeaway — Wordle #1865 · July 28, 2026

Key takeaway: Today's Wordle (#1865) answer is a 5-letter English word rated Easy difficulty. Use the 7 spoiler-free hints below to solve it yourself, or tap the answer card to reveal the full solution immediately.

Who this is for: This page is for Wordle players — from beginners on their first game to experienced solvers wanting to protect a streak. It covers: today's NYT Wordle answer, difficulty rating, 7 progressive hints, past 20 answers, strategy tips, and colour-code explanations. Updated automatically every day at midnight from the official NYT Wordle API.

Today's Wordle Hints — July 28, 2026

Seven clues — stop reading when you feel confident

Short answer: Today's Wordle (#1865) is rated Easy. The word has 5 letters. Use the hints below in order — each one gives a little more away. Tap any hint card to reveal that clue.

Stuck on today's Wordle? These hints are arranged from gentlest to most specific — stop as soon as you feel ready to guess. Today's puzzle is a easy difficulty word that most native English speakers will recognise immediately once revealed. If you have already used 4 or more guesses, skip straight to Hint 6 or 7, which narrow it down significantly.

The Wordle answer changes every day at midnight in your local timezone. This page updates automatically each day — bookmark it and you'll always find today's hints and answer here first. We also keep a full archive of past Wordle answers further down the page.

What Is Today's Wordle Answer? (#1865)

Today's Wordle answer for July 28, 2026 is revealed below. Tap the word or click the button to unblur it. The answer is a common 5-letter English word — straightforward once you have the vowels right.

Wordle #1865 — July 28, 2026

SONAR

Tap the word to reveal

Today's answer is sourced directly from the official NYT Wordle game via the New York Times puzzle API, which publishes each day's word at midnight Eastern Time. We verify each answer automatically and display it here within minutes of publication.

If the answer surprised you, you're not alone — Wordle #1865 had a easy difficulty rating, meaning most players found it within 3 guesses.

How Hard Is Today's Wordle?

Difficulty: Easy. Today's word has a strong vowel spread and no repeated letters — most players should solve it in 3 guesses or fewer.

Easy Difficulty rating

Five unique letters with a solid vowel spread. A good opener like CRANE or SLATE will reveal several correct letters immediately.

Easy Medium Hard

Our difficulty rating is calculated from the word's letter frequency, vowel count, and repeated-letter patterns. For official WordleBot scores, visit the NYT WordleBot which analyses every game and gives a skill + luck score out of 99.

How to Solve Wordle Faster — Strategy Tips

Best first word for Wordle: CRANE, SLATE, STARE, or AUDIO — all cover the most common English letters across different positions.

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Start with a vowel-rich opener

CRANE, STARE, AUDIO, and SLATE cover A, E, I, O, U plus common consonants. A good opener eliminates 5–8 letters in one guess.

PRO TIP

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Act on yellow tiles immediately

A yellow tile confirms the letter is in the word — just in the wrong spot. Move it to a new position on your very next guess. Never repeat the same position.

COMMON MISTAKE

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Suspect repeated letters

Words like SPEED, VIVID, and FLOSS trip players up. If a letter turns yellow after you've already placed it correctly elsewhere, the word may use it twice.

ADVANCED

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Use guess 3 as an eliminator

If guesses 1 and 2 gave you yellows but no greens, guess 3 should test entirely new letters — not attempt the answer. More information beats more guessing.

STRATEGY

Want deeper strategy? Read our Wordle strategy guides and daily reviews — updated after every puzzle. You can also browse the Wordle tips category for specific advice on hard-mode, opening words, and streak protection.

Past Wordle Answers — Last 20 Days

Looking for a previous Wordle answer? The table below lists the last 20 daily Wordle answers with dates, puzzle numbers, and difficulty ratings — updated automatically each day.

For older answers, see our full Wordle answer archive. Each daily post includes the answer, full hints, difficulty analysis, and WordleBot score.

#	Answer	Date	Day	Difficulty	Est. Solve Rate
#1865	SONAR today	Jul 28, 2026	Tuesday	Easy	22%
#1864	POSER	Jul 27, 2026	Monday	Easy	22%
#1863	GRAPE	Jul 26, 2026	Sunday	Easy	22%
#1862	ALOHA	Jul 25, 2026	Saturday	Medium	52%
#1861	PUTTY	Jul 24, 2026	Friday	Hard	82%
#1860	ORBIT	Jul 23, 2026	Thursday	Easy	22%
#1859	LORRY	Jul 22, 2026	Wednesday	Hard	82%
#1858	SHILL	Jul 21, 2026	Tuesday	Hard	82%
#1857	DIVER	Jul 20, 2026	Monday	Easy	22%
#1856	CHURN	Jul 19, 2026	Sunday	Hard	82%
#1855	BOOTH	Jul 18, 2026	Saturday	Medium	52%
#1854	LEGAL	Jul 17, 2026	Friday	Medium	52%
#1853	BUTTE	Jul 16, 2026	Thursday	Medium	52%
#1852	PSHAW	Jul 15, 2026	Wednesday	Hard	82%
#1851	STEAK	Jul 14, 2026	Tuesday	Easy	22%
#1850	STOUT	Jul 13, 2026	Monday	Medium	52%
#1849	CLACK	Jul 12, 2026	Sunday	Hard	82%
#1848	AVIAN	Jul 11, 2026	Saturday	Medium	52%
#1847	CANAL	Jul 10, 2026	Friday	Medium	52%
#1846	AMEND	Jul 9, 2026	Thursday	Easy	22%

About this archive: This table is maintained for Wordle players — people who play the NYT Wordle daily word puzzle and want to check past answers, track difficulty trends, or verify a result. Each row corresponds to one official NYT Wordle puzzle. Difficulty is estimated from letter frequency and repeat patterns.

All answers sourced from the official NYT Wordle game. Puzzle numbers and dates match the New York Times publication schedule.

What Do the Wordle Colours Mean?

Short answer: Green = correct letter, right position. Yellow = correct letter, wrong position. Grey = letter not in the word.

🟩 Green — Correct position

The letter is in the word and in exactly the right position. Keep it there in every future guess. Example: if A is green in position 1, every future guess must start with A.

🟨 Yellow — Wrong position

The letter exists in the word but not in that position. Move it somewhere else on your next guess. Never place a yellow letter in the same spot twice.

⬛ Grey — Not in the word

The letter does not appear anywhere in today's word. Eliminate it completely. Exception: if you've already guessed the same letter as green elsewhere, grey means it doesn't appear a second time.

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Wordle — Frequently Asked Questions

Wordle is a daily word puzzle created by Josh Wardle and acquired by The New York Times in 2022. Players get six attempts to guess a hidden five-letter word, with colour-coded feedback after each guess.

A brand-new Wordle puzzle is released every day at midnight local time. There is exactly one puzzle per day — everyone worldwide plays the same word each day.

This site detects your local timezone and shows the puzzle for your calendar date. If you and a friend are in different timezones near midnight, you may be on different calendar days and see different puzzles.

The NYT website shows only today's puzzle by default. You can access past puzzles through the official Wordle archive on nytimes.com. Our past answers table above also lists the last 20 daily answers.

From February 2026, the New York Times began reintroducing older Wordle answers into the rotation. Words can now repeat — CIGAR was the first reused word. The gap between repeats is long.

No — Wordle answers are always common, uncapitalised English words. You will never see a country name, person name, or brand. This keeps the puzzle fair for all players.

Hard mode requires you to use all revealed hints in subsequent guesses. Any letter shown as green or yellow must be reused in the same or better position. It is significantly more challenging.

Statistically strong openers include CRANE, STARE, RAISE, AUDIO, and SLATE. The goal is to test the most common English letters — R, S, T, L, N, E, A — across diverse positions in one guess.

Absolutely — and it does more often than players expect. Words like SHEEP, BLOOM, and VIVID all contain repeated letters. Do not eliminate a letter just because it turned yellow once.

Our difficulty rating checks three factors: repeated letters (harder), how common the starting letter combination is, and the vowel count. Rare openings or repeated consonants score Hard; balanced vowel spread scores Easy.

The NYT WordleBot analyses every game and gives a skill and luck score out of 99. It also publishes an average guess count for each puzzle. Visit the NYT WordleBot page to see how you compare.

The official Wordle is browser-based and works well on mobile via nytimes.com — no app required. The New York Times Games app also includes Wordle alongside Connections, Spelling Bee, and the Mini Crossword.

Page last updated: July 28, 2026 · Wordle answer auto-fetched from the NYT Wordle API

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