Puzzle #1887
Wordle Answer for August 19, 2026
GRILL (noun) — A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
Difficulty: Challenging · players averaged 4.6 guesses
The day's hints, in case you're catching up
Hint 1Meaning
It means: A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
Hint 2Vowels
It contains exactly one vowel: I.
Hint 3Letters
It has a repeated letter — the same letter appears at least twice.
Hint 4First letter
It starts with the letter G.
Hint 5Last letter
It ends with the letter L.
Why this word played the way it did
GRILL runs on a single vowel (I), which makes opener words like ADIEU or AUDIO nearly useless against it — players who started consonant-heavy had the edge. The letter L appears twice, and double letters are the single most common reason a streak dies — Wordle gives no special signal that a letter repeats.
The real danger came from near-neighbors: BRILL and DRILL differ by just one letter, and players who locked in four greens early often had to burn a guess — or two — separating them. The counter-move is to guess a word that tests the differing letters at once rather than trying each candidate in turn.
Community data puts puzzle #1887 at 4.6 guesses on average, which we rate challenging. Anything under four guesses on this one was a strong result.
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