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Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Sept. 17, #1916

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Why This Matters

This piece is part of CNET's routine daily Wordle coverage, offering hints and the answer for puzzle #1916. While not a major tech industry development, it reflects the ongoing popularity of Wordle as a cultural phenomenon and the media ecosystem built around providing daily puzzle assistance to millions of players.

Key Takeaways

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? CNET publishes daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. And here’s a page that Wordle players should be sure to bookmark. We’ve made a list, with help from the Oxford English Dictionary, showing which letters show up the most in English words. So if your starter word isn’t getting the job done, consider switching to one of the words that utilizes more of the highly ranked letters. (I like TRAIN and CLOSE.)

Today’s Wordle answer might smash some streaks. Sorority and fraternity members might have a better shot at guessing it. Need a tip or two? Read on for hints and the answer.

Today’s Wordle hints

Before we show you today’s Wordle answer, we’ll give you some hints. If you don’t want a spoiler, look away now.

Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats

Today’s Wordle answer has one repeated letter.

Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels

Today’s Wordle answer has two vowels.

Wordle hint No. 3: First letter

Today’s Wordle answer begins with T.

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