NYT Wordle Answer Today (#1917) – 18 Sep 2026 Solution & Hints
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About Today’s Wordle
Wordle #1917 (published September 18, 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 puzzle plays fair for most solvers, though a letter set with no repeats, paired with a very common ending, can trip up anyone racing through their early guesses.
Non-Spoiler Overview
Today’s answer pulls from the vocabulary of weather and the seasons — the kind of word you’d hear in a forecast or see used to describe how a fresh coating of something white can transform a landscape overnight.
Difficulty-wise, this one sits in the easy-to-moderate range. The letters are all common, and once you land a couple of greens the shape should come together quickly, but the ending can be deceptive if you’re used to five-letter words that finish on a consonant cluster.
A common misstep today is holding back guesses while waiting to confirm a double letter, the way plenty of past Wordles have rewarded that instinct. This word doesn’t play that trick, so solvers who stall out checking for a repeat can end up wasting turns they didn’t need to.
Hints
Theme / Domain
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Today’s word belongs to the vocabulary of weather reports and seasonal description — think forecasts, postcards, and holiday scenery.
Meaning Nudge
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It describes something covered in, full of, or characteristic of a particular kind of winter precipitation.
Part of Speech
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It’s an adjective, used to describe a noun rather than to name a thing or an action.
Tone / Register
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It’s a completely everyday, casual word — the kind you’d use describing the view outside your window, not a technical or formal term.
Usage Clue
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You might hear it in a phrase like “a ___ mountain village,” or see it in a weather app’s forecast for the weekend.
Letter Pattern Help
Starting Letter
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Starts with: S.
Ending Letter(s)
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Ends with: Y.
Vowel Count
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Just one true vowel appears in the word — the final letter functions more like a consonant sound here, even though it’s sometimes grouped with vowels.
Repeated Letters
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No — every letter in this word is different, so don’t waste a guess assuming a double.
Pattern Shape
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Final pattern: S N O W Y.
Rare/Tricky Letters
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Nothing exotic like Q, X, or Z shows up today — the only trap is that all-too-common ending, which plenty of five-letter words share, so it won’t narrow things down much on its own.
Rhyme or Analogy
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Rhymes with SHOWY — another five-letter word that shares the same ending sound.
Today’s Answer
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Wordle #1917 Answer: SNOWY
Definition & Example
Definition
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SNOWY — covered with, full of, or characteristic of snow; used to describe scenery, weather, or conditions marked by a blanket of white.
Example Usage
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Example: “The postcard showed a snowy village nestled in the mountains.”
Quick Strategy Tips
When a Wordle’s ending letter is common among five-letter words, don’t rely on it to eliminate options — instead, use your early guesses to nail down which vowel is in play and where the consonants land.
If you’ve confirmed one vowel early but can’t seem to find a second, consider that some Wordle answers use only a single true vowel, with a letter that behaves like one filling out the rest of the sound.
How I Solved Today’s Wordle
I started with AUDIO to map vowels. That guess showed one vowel landing somewhere in the word while the rest came back gray, which already ruled out a lot of common five-letter shapes.
For my second guess I leaned into frequent consonants to test new territory, and the mix of greens I got back nudged me toward a wintry, seasonal word rather than anything abstract or academic.
Once a few letters locked into place, the rest came together fast — it’s the kind of word that feels obvious in hindsight once the pattern clicks, even though the ending threw me off for a guess or two.
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I started with AUDIO to map vowels. That confirmed O showed up somewhere in the word (yellow), while A, U, I came back gray with no useful signal. Next I played STORY to test more frequent consonants — S and O both turned green in their spots, and Y also landed green on the final letter, while T and R came back gray. With S _ O _ Y locked in and the shape pointing toward a weather word, SNOWY was the only common word that fit: N slotted into position two and W into position four, closing it out cleanly.
FAQ: Common Sticking Points
How many vowels are in today’s Wordle?
One.
Is there a double letter?
No.
Any tricky letters?
Not really — the challenge today is more about the common ending than any single hard-to-place letter.
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