NYT Wordle Answer Today (#1913) – 14 Sep 2026 Solution & Hints
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About Today’s Wordle
Wordle #1913 (published September 14, 2026) gives you six guesses to find a five-letter word. Green = correct letter in the right spot, yellow = in the word but wrong spot, gray = not in the word. Today’s solution is a common everyday verb built entirely from high-frequency letters, with no repeats.
Non-Spoiler Overview
Think washing up, cleaning routines, and getting soap or residue off something with water. The answer shows up in the shower, the kitchen sink, and the laundry room — anywhere you flush something clean before moving on to the next step.
Every letter here is a Wordle regular — nothing exotic — so the challenge is less about rare letters and more about placement. If your early guesses come back a wall of yellows, you likely already have most of the right letters and just need to slot them into place.
Players who stall today usually do so by testing near-miss cleaning words that share several letters but put them in the wrong order.
Hints
Theme / Domain
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Household cleaning and personal care — showers, dishes, laundry, and produce.
Meaning Nudge
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To wash something with water to remove soap, dirt, or residue, often as a quick final step before you’re done.
Part of Speech
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Verb (can also be used as a noun, as in “give it a quick one”).
Tone / Register
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Everyday, neutral vocabulary; used constantly in cleaning and cooking instructions.
Usage Clue
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Phrases like “____ and repeat,” “____ off the soap,” and “give the vegetables a good ____.”
Letter Pattern Help
Starting Letter
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Starts with: R.
Ending Letter(s)
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Ends with: E.
Vowel Count
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Two vowels: I and E — not adjacent, bookending a consonant cluster.
Repeated Letters
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No repeated letters — all five characters are unique.
Pattern Shape
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Final pattern: R I N S E.
Rare/Tricky Letters
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None at all — every letter is among the most common in English, which is exactly what makes this one deceptively tricky to lock down fast.
Rhyme or Analogy
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Rhymes with “since,” “mince,” “wince,” and “prince.” Think of the last step of doing dishes, right before you dry them.
Today’s Answer
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Wordle #1913 Answer: RINSE
Definition & Example
Definition
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RINSE — to wash something with clean water to remove soap, dirt, or residue, typically as a final step; also used as a noun for the act itself.
Example Usage
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Example: “Don’t forget to rinse the shampoo out before you get out of the shower.”
Quick Strategy Tips
When every letter you’re seeing is common, the puzzle usually comes down to order, not identity. Lean on an opener that spreads out frequent consonants and vowels rather than clustering similar ones.
If you’re getting a lot of yellow tiles early, resist the urge to introduce brand-new letters — you likely already have the full set and just need to shuffle positions.
Watch for words that share four of five letters with each other; today’s answer has a few close cousins, so confirm the exact order before locking in a guess.
How I Solved Today’s Wordle
I started with AUDIO to map vowels. That flagged a lone yellow I and cleared out the rest, so I knew the word carried just one of the usual vowels, sitting somewhere other than where AUDIO placed it. Next I tried SNIPE to test a fresh consonant cluster around that I — that brought back more yellows than grays and made the shape of the word obvious.
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From there, RINSE clicked into place: every letter I’d already seen just needed to be reordered, with R stepping in as the opening letter.
FAQ: Common Sticking Points
How many vowels are in today’s Wordle?
Two, and they’re not next to each other.
Is there a double letter?
No — all letters are unique.
Any tricky letters?
Not in terms of rarity — every letter is common. The difficulty is entirely about placement.
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