Welcome back to the daily Wordle wrap-up. Puzzle #1830 landed on Tuesday, June 23 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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- Today’s word is a common food-related noun that can also work as a verb.
- There is one standard vowel, and it sits in the second position.
- It starts with C and ends with Y.
- It can name a spiced dish or describe brushing a horse’s coat with a combing tool.
- C _ _ _ Y
Today's Wordle answer
A few thoughts on today's word
This was a slightly sneaky one. CURRY is a familiar word, but it carries just enough ambiguity to slow people down, especially with that repeated R and the ending Y. If you opened with a food angle, you probably got there quickly. If not, the structure may have looked more awkward than it really is.
The main trap here is the double consonant in the middle. A lot of solvers will test cleaner, more standard-looking patterns before landing on CURRY. Words ending in -Y often invite guesses that feel more adjective-like or less culinary, so I can see this one producing a few wasted turns. The single vowel also narrows the field, but usually only after you’ve eliminated more common alternatives.
As a Wordle answer, I think it lands in the fair-but-not-free tier. It’s common vocabulary, but not the most transparent letter pattern on first pass. Tracy Bennett’s edit gives us a word that feels recognizable without being automatic, which is usually a good balance. If you like this kind of tidy language puzzle, it’s also worth taking a run at Story Spark or Guess the Author over on writeupcafe.com.
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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