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Thursday, September 17, 2026 · Puzzle #45

Word Guess hints and answer for September 17, 2026

The hints run vaguest to plainest — take the smallest one that unsticks you. Not played it yet? Start puzzle #45, about 4 minutes.

Play puzzle #45How Word Guess works

At a glance

Word Guess #45 in brief

  • The solution for this date is made from 5 different letters — 4 in the ten commonest in English, 1 from further down the frequency list.
  • 3 of them sit in the A-to-M half of the alphabet and 2 in the N-to-Z half.

Step by step

Word Guess hints

Each hint reveals a little more than the last. Open only as many as you need.

  1. Hint 1

  2. Hint 2

  3. Hint 3

  4. Hint 4

  5. Hint 5 — the big one

Spoiler

Word Guess answer

Last chance to go back and try a hint instead.

The other nine answers

Word Groups answer — September 17, 2026Mini Crossword answer — September 17, 2026Daily Sudoku answer — September 17, 2026Nonogram answer — September 17, 2026Math Guess answer — September 17, 2026Word Ladder answer — September 17, 2026Trivia Five answer — September 17, 2026Word Search answer — September 17, 2026Anagram Rush answer — September 17, 2026

Play something else

Word GroupsSixteen words. Four hidden connections. One grid.Mini CrosswordTen clues, a 5x5 grid, and about five minutes.Word LadderChange one letter at a time. Every step has to be a real word.Word SearchTen themed words hidden in a 12x12 grid. Some of them backwards.