Welcome back to the daily Wordle wrap-up. Puzzle #1850 landed on Monday, July 13 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 common adjective for something sturdy or thick, and also the name of a dark style of beer.
- It has two vowels, and they sit in the second and third positions.
- It starts with S and ends with T.
- You might use it for a strong walking stick, a compact build, or a pint with a roasted flavor.
- S _ O _ T
Today's Wordle answer
A few thoughts on today's word
Today’s word is sneaky more than hard. STOUT uses very common letters, but it can still slow people down because it lives in two everyday meanings at once: a physical description and a beer style. That kind of split identity often makes a Wordle feel trickier than its letter pattern really is.
What likely helped was the vowel layout. Once I saw the double-vowel core, the word started to narrow quickly. What likely hurt was the number of plausible openings and near-neighbors that share some of the same structure or ending feel. Players might have drifted through words built around ST- or -OUT patterns before landing here, especially if they were thinking of more common conversational vocabulary first. The repeated use of T also makes the grid look simpler than it plays.
As a solve, I’d call this fair and mid-range: not obscure, not instantly obvious. Tracy Bennett’s edit gives us a clean answer with just enough wobble to make the last step satisfying. I like STOUT as a Wordle word because it’s familiar without being dull, and it rewards players who shift from pure letter hunting to meaning. If you’re in the mood for another quick literary puzzle after this, Story Spark or Guess the Author on writeupcafe.com fits nicely into the same coffee-break window.
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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