Today's NYT Wordle Hints & Answer for Tue, May 19, 2026
Keep your streak alive with spoiler-free hints, reveal the answer letter-by-letter, or search past solutions in the archive.
Today's NYT Wordle Hints
- Hint 1: Describes something covered in fine particles.
- Hint 2: This five-letter word contains 1 vowel with no repeated letters.Reveal Hint 2: Word Structure
- Hint 3: After sitting untouched in an old attic, furniture may have a thin gray film you can wipe away.Reveal Hint 3: Strong Clue
Today's NYT Wordle Answer
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Today's NYT Wordle Review & Analysis
- DUSTY is a five-letter word with no repeated letters and a lean vowel profile: just one traditional vowel, U, with Y functioning as a consonant-like closer. The D–U opening is relatively common, but the -STY ending is highly productive in English, linking to many adjectives. That final Y expands the field considerably, as patterns like _USTY, _ISTY, and _ASTY feel interchangeable at a glance. With four distinct consonants and a single interior vowel, progress depends on locking in the consonant frame early.
- A typical path narrows quickly to a -USTY template once U and Y are placed, but branching among DUSTY, MUSTY, RUSTY, and BUSTY can stall momentum. Early green letters may fix the U in position two and Y at the end, yet leave the initial consonant unresolved. The turning point often comes from testing high-frequency starters like R or M before isolating the less common D. The puzzle shifts from vowel hunting to discriminating among near-identical consonant swaps within a tight structural shell.
How to Use Our Spoiler-Free NYT Wordle Solver
Maximize your solving experience with our progressive hint system. Follow these steps to get just enough help to keep your streak alive without ruining the puzzle:
Work Through the Progressive Hints
The Green Box contains three hints, ordered from vague to more specific. Hint 1 offers a general sense of the word’s meaning. Hint 2 focuses on structure, such as vowel count or repeated letters. Hint 3 narrows things down further with a clear definition, context, or fill-in-the-blank clue.
Reveal Individual Letters
If you only need to confirm part of the word, you can tap any ? box below the hints. Each tap reveals a single letter, which can be enough to validate a guess without exposing the whole answer.
Check the Full Answer
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FAQ
How do the spoiler-free hints work?
The hints are meant to guide you gradually without giving the answer away. Hint 1 offers a general meaning clue. If that’s not enough, Hint 2 adds structural help (such as vowel counts), and Hint 3 provides a more direct definition. You can stop at any point.
Can I reveal the answer letter by letter?
Yes. If you only want to check part of the word—like the first letter—you can tap one of the green [?] boxes above. This lets you confirm a detail without revealing the entire answer.
What time is today's Wordle answer released?
New Wordle puzzles are released at midnight local time. Our hints and answers update daily to match the official New York Times Wordle. If the new puzzle isn’t showing yet, a page refresh usually fixes it.
Will using these hints break my Wordle streak?
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How far back does the archive go?
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