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Wordle July 16, 2026: Hints & Answer (#1,853)

edited by Tracy Bennett.

The written hints below were assembled automatically from the puzzle data rather than composed by an editor — accurate, just plainer than usual.

Recap

Wordle #1853 for 2026-07-16 was BUTTE, 5 letters with 2 vowels and a repeated letter. This recap was assembled automatically from the puzzle data rather than written by an editor.

Wordle hints, one rung at a time

Five rungs, softest first. The recap above already named the word, so this ladder is here for anyone replaying the puzzle fresh rather than as a spoiler shield.

  1. The shape of the word

    No letters of the answer are spelled out.

    Auto-generated hint: the answer is 5 long, opens with B, uses 4 different and so carries a repeated.

  2. How the vowels sat

    Auto-generated hint: it holds 2 vowels and 3 consonants.

  3. Word facts

    Counted off the answer.

    Length
    5 letters
    Different letters
    4 of 5
    Repeats
    1 letter appears twice
    Vowels (A E I O U)
    2
  4. What the word means

    A definition, without the word in it.

    Auto-generated hint: no written definition was available, so work from the shape instead: 4 different letters across 5 slots, with a repeated letter.

  5. The first letter

    The recap above already named the word; this rung is for a replay.

    Starts with
    B
    Jump to the answer

The answer to that puzzle

Spoiler below. It stays folded until you open it.

  • Wordle #1,853 · 5 letters

    BUTTE

    Auto-generated hint: no written definition was available, so work from the shape instead: 4 different letters across 5 slots, with a repeated letter.

This puzzle by the numbers

Puzzle
#1,853 · Thursday, July 16, 2026
Length
5 letters
Different letters
4
Vowels
2
Guesses allowed
6

About Wordle #1,853

The number above is the count of days since Wordle launched on 19 June 2021, which is what the share grid prints — not the internal id the puzzle data carries. TodayHint reads it off the stored row for Thursday, July 16, 2026 rather than adding one to the previous page, so a date we never fetched can never shift every number that follows it.

Everyone who played this puzzle saw the same word, wherever they were: the board rolls over at local midnight, so a solver in Auckland met it well before one in Los Angeles, but never a different answer. Six guesses, no timer, and the only feedback is the colours — green for a letter in the right place, yellow for a letter in the wrong one, grey for a letter that is not there at all. The rungs above rebuild that information in order, so this page can still be played as a puzzle rather than read as a result.

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