Welcome back to the daily Wordle wrap-up. Puzzle #1814 landed on Sunday, June 7 2026. Before we get to the answer, here are five hints — take them one at a time and quit reading whenever something clicks.
Today's Wordle hints
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- This is a common body part.
- It has one vowel, and it sits in the second position.
- It starts with T and ends with B.
- You use this digit to grip, press buttons, or signal approval with an upward gesture.
- T _ _ _ B
Today's Wordle answer
A few thoughts on today's word
A little sneaky today. THUMB is an everyday word, but it hides a couple of classic Wordle traps in plain sight.
The main issue is the silent H. That letter combination can slow people down because the word sounds simpler than it looks, and plenty of solvers probably tested cleaner, more phonetic patterns first. The ending can also cause hesitation: once you have T _ U _ B, there are not many valid options, but getting there is the hard part. I’d guess some players burned guesses on more common consonant structures before seeing the right fit.
As answer choices go, THUMB feels fair. It’s familiar, concrete, and easy to recognize once the letters click into place. Tracy Bennett’s edit here leans on spelling awareness more than obscurity, which usually makes for a solid mid-range puzzle. Related words or near-misses that may have crossed people’s minds include things built around TH- openings or -UMB endings, especially if they were chasing sound instead of spelling. If you finished this one quickly, it’s the kind of day where a follow-up round of Story Spark or Guess the Author on writeupcafe.com makes sense. Not brutal, not breezy either — just a tidy little spelling test dressed up as a common noun.
What is Wordle?
Wordle is a daily five-letter word puzzle from the New York Times. Each day there's one secret word and six guesses to crack it; after every guess the grid colors each letter green (right letter, right spot), yellow (right letter, wrong spot), or grey (not in the word). It's available free at nytimes.com/games/wordle.
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