Wordle #1916 —
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Five hints, gentle to strong
Each one stays covered until you tap it. Go in order or skip ahead.
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Two. That counts every A, E, I, O and U, including repeats.
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Yes. One letter appears twice.
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The first letter is T.
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The last letter is A.
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The eighth letter of the Greek alphabet.
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The answer
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The answer to Wordle #1916 is THETA.
Word breakdown
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Go to the answerTHETA, letter by letter
Letter facts are counted from the word itself. The meaning note is written by an editor.
- Vowels
- 2 · E and A
- Consonants
- 3 · T, H and T (2 different)
- Repeated letters
- T appears twice
- Shape
- Consonant, consonant, vowel, consonant, vowel
Close matches
No other common word in our list differs from THETA by a single letter.
What it means
theta noun · The eighth letter of the Greek alphabet.
Editor's note
A closer look at THETA
THETA names a Greek letter used in mathematics and science. It starts with TH and ends with A, making it very different from a common English verb even though it uses ordinary English spelling.
What one guess would tell you
SLATE against THETA would produce the colors shown above. Green means the correct letter and spot; yellow means a letter elsewhere in the word; gray means no unused copy of that letter remains. This is a calculated example, not a recorded player's guess.
The days before
Full archive- Wednesday, September 16, 2026
- Tuesday, September 15, 2026
- Monday, September 14, 2026
- Sunday, September 13, 2026
- Saturday, September 12, 2026
- Friday, September 11, 2026
How this puzzle was checked
Date, number and answer for #1916 match the official game feed, YourDictionary, Five Forks and WordleHints. How we verify answers