Today’s NYT Wordle for Wednesday, August 19, 2026, is puzzle #1887. The answer is a familiar five-letter word with just one vowel, but a repeated letter could make the solution slightly trickier than it first appears.
Use the four progressive Wordle hints below one at a time before revealing today’s answer.
Today’s Wordle hints for August 19
- Hint 1: Today’s answer contains one repeated letter.
- Hint 2: The word contains only one standard vowel.
- Hint 3: The answer begins with G and ends with L.
- Hint 4: It can refer to an outdoor appliance or cooking surface used to prepare food over direct heat.
Difficulty level: Moderate. The answer is a common everyday word, but the repeated letter can cause trouble if your early guesses suggest that each confirmed letter appears only once.
Solving tip: When you have several consonants confirmed but the pattern still looks incomplete, consider whether one of those letters might appear twice. Today’s answer has only one vowel, so consonant placement is especially important.
Try the Wordle practice game: Enter any five-letter word below. Green means the letter is correct and in the right position, yellow means it appears elsewhere, and grey means it is not in today’s answer.
Today’s Wordle answer for August 19
Click to reveal the answer for Wordle #1887
Today’s Wordle answer is GRILL.
Grill commonly refers to a cooking appliance or metal surface used to cook food over direct heat. The word can also be used as a verb meaning to cook food on a grill or, in another sense, to question someone intensely.
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