Wordle Difficulty Today: How Hard Is Today's Wordle?
Each puzzle is scored on a six-point scale reflecting how solvers actually performed, with insight into why certain words proved harder to crack than others. Below, you'll find August's and 2026's toughest and easiest puzzles, plus a 30-day trend.
How Hard Is Today's Wordle
NYT testers averaged 4 guesses. Common letters and no repeats make the structure approachable, but several familiar words fit the same starting and ending letters.
The full guess-distribution breakdown (solve rate, fail rate, attempt-by-attempt split) updates a little later once more results are in — check back for the complete numbers.
Yesterday's Wordle Score
Puzzle #1918 (WAKEN) scored 4.0/6, landing in the Medium range. Common letter frequency kept it firmly in the middle of the difficulty spectrum — a systematic approach was all it took.
Guess Distribution — #1895 (Aug 27)
Each bar shows where players finished on the most recent puzzle with a complete distribution. Today's (#1919) and yesterday's (#1918) full breakdowns will replace this once results are in.
Most common: 4 guesses (46.6% of players) · Solve rate 99.6% · Fail rate 0.4%
Why Wordle #1895 Scored 4.6
A repeated vowel could stay hidden after its first match, and the letters sat in an uncommon opening pattern that made the word harder to assemble.
Repeated letter
One letter appears more than once. Most opening words test five different letters, so they can easily miss the repeat.
Unusual letter placement
Some letters appear in positions where players are less used to seeing them.
Was #1895 Harder Than Average?
Across the 487 puzzles in our data, the all-time mean is 3.87 guesses — Wordle #1895 matched it exactly. Its fail rate came in 0.87 percentage points below the usual 1.3%. Against the more recent 30-puzzle mean, it landed close to average too.
#1895 (Aug 27)
Guess distribution for puzzle #1895.
All-Time Average
Guess distribution across all scored puzzles.
Hardest Wordle Words This Month
September's toughest puzzle so far has been BEIGE on Sep 6, averaging a perfect 6.0 — the hardest score recorded all year. JOIST and BLIND are tied for second at 4.8, with today's BURST close behind at 4.7.
Hardest Wordle Words of 2026
Across 2026, BEIGE now stands as the toughest puzzle of the year at a perfect 6.0 guesses, edging out PSHAW's previous record of 5.8.
Easiest Wordle Words This Month
September's easiest puzzle so far has been today's DRYLY at just 3.4 guesses. WAGER (Sep 4) was the previous best at 4.0.
Easiest Wordle Words of 2026
For 2026 overall, SMILE has been the easiest puzzle, averaging 1.5 guesses.
Wordle Statistics: 30-Day Average Guesses
Mean guesses per puzzle, last 30 days
Each point represents one puzzle, and today is highlighted. The vertical scale runs from two to six guesses.
Fail rate per puzzle, last 30 days
The percentage of players in each sample who ran out of guesses.
Wordle Difficulty by Day of the Week
Historically, Wednesdays have given players the most trouble at 3.94 guesses on average, while Tuesdays have been the smoothest at 3.80. Today is a Sunday, which has averaged 3.85 guesses historically.
How Wordle Difficulty Is Measured
Every difficulty score uses a six-point scale. It blends results from the New York Times' paid tester panel with roughly 2,500 publicly shared score grids, each weighted before the final number is calculated. When a source isn't available yet, the remaining weights rebalance automatically so the score still reflects the data that is in. That final number is what sets the Easy, Medium, Medium+, or Hard label you see across the site.
Where does the combined score come from?
The headline and rankings come from a weighted blend of all available sources, not any single one in isolation — including the NYT paid tester panel and roughly 2,500 publicly shared score grids.
How is the guess distribution calculated?
The bars come from one internally consistent public-results sample. We don't mix bucket counts from different cohorts.
What happens if a data source isn't available yet?
A public-results source only counts after its collection method and minimum sample size have been validated. Until then, it doesn't affect the score or distribution. When a source is missing, the remaining weights rebalance automatically so the score still reflects the data that is in.
How often does this page update?
The difficulty score and distribution refresh each day. Every page pulls from the same validated daily record, so the figures stay consistent across the site.
Does this page use any personal or identifiable data?
No. These figures use aggregate counts calculated from publicly shared score grids. This page does not display usernames, profiles, or individual posts.
