The answer to today’s Wordle (#1848) for Saturday, July 11, 2026, is AVIAN.
If you’re still working through it, three hints are below before the reveal. The word follows an A _ _ A N pattern and its two vowels are both the same letter – which is either a useful anchor or a red herring depending on which A you find first.
Hint 1: The word begins and ends with different consonants, but both vowels are the letter A.
Hint 2: It is an adjective, not a noun. No repeated consonants.
Hint 3: The word describes anything relating to birds – you would use it to describe flu strains, migration patterns, or a wildlife sanctuary that only hosts feathered residents.
Today’s Wordle Answer:
AVIAN
AVIAN comes from the Latin avis, meaning bird – the same root that gives English words like aviation (originally inspired by the idea of bird flight) and aviary. As an adjective, it modifies anything connected to birds: avian influenza, avian anatomy, avian species. The word is common enough in scientific and news contexts that many players will recognise it immediately once the pattern clicks, but its A _ _ A N shape can send early guesses in the wrong direction if you start with a vowel-heavy opener and land both A’s without realising they belong to the same word.
Saturday’s puzzle tends to run slightly harder than the midweek average, and AVIAN fits that mould – it is not an obscure word, but its adjective form is less frequently guessed than common nouns. Players who opened with STARE or CRANE would have had a clear path; those who opened with vowel-dense words like AUDIO or ADIEU may have needed an extra step to separate the two A positions.
Yesterday’s Wordle answer (#1847) was CANAL – a more concrete noun that rewarded players who thought about waterways and infrastructure. AVIAN demands a different part of the vocabulary altogether.
Wordle resets daily at midnight ET. A new puzzle goes live every day at the New York Times Games site, with one five-letter word to find in six tries or fewer. Come back tomorrow for the July 12 answer.
