Welcome back to the daily Wordle wrap-up. Puzzle #1862 landed on Saturday, July 25 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 greeting strongly associated with Hawaii.
- It has three vowels: the 1st, 3rd, and 5th letters are vowels.
- It starts with A and ends with A.
- You’d say this when greeting someone on the islands, and sometimes when saying goodbye too.
- A _ O _ A
Today's Wordle answer
A few thoughts on today's word
Today’s word is breezy, but it still had a couple of traps.
ALOHA is a very familiar word, which usually lowers the difficulty right away. The challenge is less about meaning and more about structure. It opens and closes with the same vowel, and the middle is vowel-heavy too, which can make players hesitate if they’re trying to force in more common English consonant patterns. Once the A at both ends showed up, I think a lot of solvers would have seen it quickly, but getting there might have involved a few false starts.
The biggest stumbling point was probably the letter mix. Four of the five letters are extremely common, but the H in the fourth spot can delay the solve because many players test more standard endings first. I could imagine guesses drifting toward other open-vowel patterns before the right one clicked. Tracy Bennett’s edit gives this one a clean, accessible feel: recognizable answer, mildly unusual construction, no real obscurity. It’s the kind of puzzle that feels easy after the fact, even if it took an extra turn to lock in. If you’re in the mood for another quick literary detour after Wordle, Story Spark or Guess the Author on writeupcafe.com fits nicely. Overall, this was a light but well-shaped solve.
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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