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Hard Difficulty: hard, because it is not an everyday word and it uses some less common letters.
Hint 1: Vowels and repeated letters
The word has 2 vowels (A, E, I, O or U). No letter repeats.
Hint 2: What kind of word it is
It is usually used as a noun.
Hint 3: What it means
A dictionary meaning, with the word hidden: (especially espionage and military) ____ (secret information).
Bonus hint: A riddle
Secret whispers from the shadows, passed hand to hand before sunrise?
Hint 4: First letter
The word starts with I.
Hint 5: Second letter
The second letter is N.
Hint 6: Last letter
The word ends with L.
Hint 7: Letter pattern
I _ T _ L
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The answer to Wordle #1898 is INTEL.
About this puzzle
- Puzzle number: 1898
- Edited by Tracy Bennett
- This is the first time this word has been the answer.
Yesterday's answer (August 29, 2026)
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Wordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
Word profile: INTEL
- Part of speech: noun
- Syllables: 2
- How common: about 1.56 uses per million words of English, so it is an uncommon word.
Meanings
- (especially espionage and military) Intelligence (secret information).
- Intel Corporation, a US-based multinational corporation that is best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors and specialized integrated circuits.
Rhymes: compel, propel, impel, quell, citadel, ravel, swell, tell
How would your starting word have done?
Here is the first-row result today's answer would give for some popular opening words.
How much each hint narrows it down
Using the list of past Wordle answers as the word list, this is how many words would still fit after each hint.
- All 1875 past answers
- 730 have the same vowels and repeat pattern (hint 1)
- 13 also start with I (hint 4)
- 1 also end with L (hint 5)
- 0 also match the letter pattern (hint 6)
Past answers that look like today's
Earlier answers that share at least three letters in the same spots, or four of the same letters.
- LIKEN (May 6, 2026)
- ELFIN (April 13, 2026)
- INLET (April 8, 2026)
- LINEN (March 3, 2026)
- GLINT (December 23, 2025)
- TINGE (November 13, 2025)
- MOTEL (November 1, 2025)
- ELITE (June 24, 2025)
- FLINT (January 16, 2025)
- INNER (November 10, 2024)
How common these letters are in Wordle
- I appears in 28% of past answers
- N appears in 24% of past answers
- T appears in 30% of past answers
- E appears in 47% of past answers
- L appears in 28% of past answers
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