Today’s Wordle Answer and Hints: August 13 Solution #1881

For players tackling Wordle game #1,881 on August 13, 2026, the official New York Times solution is the five-letter noun CRASH, according to gameplay breakdowns published by TechRadar and Tom’s Guide.

Clues and Letter Analysis for Game #1,881

The word begins with the letter C, which stands as the second most frequent starting letter in the entire Wordle dictionary behind S, and concludes with the letter H, a frequent terminal letter appearing in 137 historical answers. Tom’s Guide analysis confirms that the solution contains no repeated characters, narrowing down potential linguistic matches significantly for consistent players maintaining an active streak.

Statistical metrics tracked by WordleBot indicate that the average player completes August 13’s puzzle in 3.4 moves under standard rules, or 3.3 moves in hard mode. Tom’s Guide reported that an opening guess of ORATE immediately placed two green letters for one reviewer, while TechRadar noted that starting with SANER left ten remaining valid answers before hitting the decisive second guess.

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Historical Context and Previous Solutions

For game #1,880 on August 12, 2026, the designated answer was WIMPY. That puzzle contrasted sharply with mid-August trends by featuring a starting letter W and containing only one of the ten most common Wordle letters, forcing players who opened with common vowels to navigate upwards of 253 initial possibilities.