Today’s Wordle tip and answer for Monday February 26 for 982

A new week may have arrived, but Wordle never ends, so let’s solve the problem. Wordle response for today, February 26.

For the uninitiated, the goal of Wordle is to find a five-letter word in six guesses every day. The fewer guesses, the better – and if you don’t get it right at all, you’ll end your streak.

This is why training today’s Wordle answer is such a priority because players take pride in continuing their streak. So why gamble on a risky final guess when you can learn a few clues and, failing that, get the definitive answer? This page can help you.

Once you’ve got the hang of today’s word, learn more about Wordle and how the New York Times got interested in games in this interview with NYTimes gaming editor Jonathan Knight. In keeping with the theme of words, we also explained why the NYTimes Mini Crosswords are a reliable joy.

Clues for today’s Wordle answer

Instead of jumping straight to the answer, you may only need a few clues to cross the line:

• There are no repeating letters in this word.
• This word has two vowels.
• The first letter is “O”.
• You can use this word to describe when an event occurs regularly.

Still not sure? Read on for the answer.

Wordle answer for word 982 from February 26, 2024

Even with the clues above, are you still not sure and want to continue with this?

The Wordle answer today is OFTEN.

Another Wordle answer came to my fourth guess and another Wordle puzzle where I wished the word was the answer. This time that word was “Coven” and yes, that desire comes from the fact that I think the etymology section would be more interesting if that was the real answer for today’s Wordle, but alas.

Now you have the answer, don’t spoil it for others! Don’t forget that you can share your spoiler-free results in the form of a grid.

Of course, no one should know that you came to this page to solve the problem. Maybe start by making a couple of false assumptions to confuse them, perhaps?

The etymology of today’s Wordle

“Often” has a fairly simple etymology, with the word most likely being an extended version of the Middle English word “Oft”. Here the meaning is the same and this abbreviated version could be due to the lack of vowels in Middle English. “Often” itself could come from the Proto-Germanic word “Ufta” or the Old Frisian “Ofta”, all of which share the same meaning as “Often”.

Wordle’s Past Answers for Last Week

Since there is only one Wordle answer for this week today, let’s look back at last week’s answers:

• Sunday February 25 (981) – BLACKSMITH
• Saturday February 24 (980) – PIPER
• Friday February 23 (979) – APART
• Thursday February 22 (978) – HEAVY
• Wednesday February 21 (977) – BUILD
• Tuesday February 20 (976) – MATCH
• Monday February 19 (975) – PRICE

If you want to know all the words that have graced Wordle in the past, check out our archive of past Wordle answers.

What to play after Wordle

Once your daily Wordle is over, the question is: what are you going to play now?

You can of course try the other word games offered by the New York Times, such as Spelling Bee, Mini Crossword and Letter Boxed. You can also try your luck at Connections, the daily Sudokus and Tiles – a rather additive pattern matching game.

There are also a range of games that have tweaked the Wordle formula. Squaredle challenges you to find a series of words by connecting letters in a four-by-four grid. Meanwhile, Dordle, Quorodly, Octordly and Sedecordle all stick to the standard Wordle, while increasing the number of words you need to find. The challenge lies in how your guesses count for all words. So you need to decide whether you are going to focus on a specific word or try to solve multiple words at the same time. Fortunately, the number of guesses given to you increases as the number of words you have to solve.

If you want to take a break from spelling, try GeoGuessr. Here you will be given an image of somewhere, anywhere, in the world and asked to place a marker on where you think that location is. There is even an Old School RuneScape version.

Hope you enjoyed playing Wordle today!