The answer to Wordle #1851, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, is STEAK.
Before the answer: three hints for anyone still working through today’s grid.
Hint 1: The word contains no repeated letters.
Hint 2: It begins with ST and ends in EAK.
Hint 3: You might order one medium-rare.
Today’s Wordle answer:
STEAK
Wordle #1851 lands on a moderate difficulty rating for most players, but carries one particularly sharp trap: STEAK and STAKE are perfect anagrams. Every letter is the same – S, T, E, A, K – with only the K and A swapping positions. Solvers who narrow down the letter set early and land on STAKE first may find themselves using a precious extra guess before the correct arrangement clicks. The -EAK ending also opens onto a family of near-misses: SNEAK, SPEAK, FREAK, and CREAK all share that final cluster, which can slow the endgame if the opening is not decisive.
STEAK traces to Old Norse steik, meaning a slice of meat roasted on a stick or spit. The word entered Middle English through Scandinavian contact and has remained virtually unchanged in spelling since. Its five letters – none repeated – make it a fair but unforgiving Wordle target: common enough that most players will have it in their vocabulary immediately on recognition, yet unusual enough in structure that the path from hint to solution is rarely obvious.
Yesterday’s Wordle #1850 answer was STOUT. Two consecutive ST- openings on back-to-back days is a coincidence worth noting – though Wordle’s word list does not cluster answers by starting pattern.
For other New York Times puzzle solutions today, the NYT Spelling Bee answer for July 13 was COMMITTAL, with center letter M.
Wordle resets at midnight Eastern Time. A new five-letter word is waiting on Wednesday, July 15.
