Puzzle #1902
Wordle Answer for September 3, 2026
JOIST was the official Wordle solution for September 3, 2026, puzzle #1902.
Difficulty: Hard · players averaged 4.8 guesses
The day's hints, in case you're catching up
Hint 1Meaning
It's a common English word you'd find in any standard dictionary.
Hint 2Vowels
It contains 2 vowels (O, I).
Hint 3Letters
All five letters are unique — no letter appears twice.
Hint 4First letter
It starts with the letter J.
Hint 5Last letter
It ends with the letter T.
Why this word played the way it did
JOIST carries two vowels (O and I), a classic Wordle shape that most vowel-first openers surface quickly. All five letters are distinct, so no double-letter traps — every green and yellow you earned carried full information.
The real danger came from near-neighbors: MOIST and JOINT 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 #1902 at 4.8 guesses on average, which we rate hard. Anything under four guesses on this one was a strong result.
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