The Wordle answer for Saturday, August 8, 2026 is PRIVY. Today’s word is puzzle #1876, and the New York Times rates it at an average of 4.8 guesses, placing it toward the harder end of a typical Saturday grid.
Three hints before the answer, for solvers still working through it.
Wordle Hints for August 8, 2026 (#1876)
Hint 1: Today’s word is an adjective. It describes the condition of being let in on something secret or confidential. If a colleague shared restricted plans with you before they went public, you became this.
Hint 2: In almost every modern use, the word is followed by “to.” You are this to a secret, this to the negotiations, this to classified material.
Hint 3: Five letters, beginning with PR, ending with Y. No repeated letters.
Wordle #1876 Answer – August 8, 2026
The answer is PRIVY.
PRIVY is an adjective meaning admitted to knowledge of something private or secret. It traces to Old French privé (intimate, private) and the Latin privatus. In contemporary use it appears most often in formal and legal contexts: a party privy to a contract, an official privy to a classified briefing. That formal register is part of what makes it a credible Saturday target. The word is broadly known but not casually reached under pressure.
The difficulty comes from letter placement. V in the fourth position is rare in five-letter English words, and the PR opening is easy to overlook if standard openers have not surfaced those consonants early. Solvers who started with VIPER or IVORY may have found a faster path to the answer. The NYT’s 4.8 average confirms the word did not yield quickly for most players today.
Yesterday’s answer was FEIGN. A full breakdown is in our Wordle #1875 walkthrough from August 7. Wordle resets daily at midnight Eastern time.
