Today’s Wordle Clues and Answer Revealed: August 18, 2025

A tricky five-letter word - it means a problem or topic, and it can also mean offspring.

Happy Monday, Wordle fans! A fresh week starts with a new puzzle to test your vocabulary and strategy. Today’s Wordle is just the right level—neither too tough nor too easy, the ideal workout for your brain to start the week.

Whether it be your morning coffee, your commute, or a quick break, this game's primary purpose is to get your brain going and uplift your mood. You only have six guesses, so think wisely, use the clues, and try to get it done sooner rather than later!

Past Wordle Answers

August 17, 2025: LOUSY

August 16, 2025: MATTE

Wordle Hints for August 18, 2025

Hint 1: Today’s Wordle word is five letters and three vowels.

Hint 2: The word has a double consonant in the middle.

Hint 3: The word means a ‘problem’ or ‘topic,’ and also a magazine edition.

Hint 4: The word structure is vowel-consonant-consonant-vowel-vowel.

What is the Superhint for Today?

An idea set into a crystallized thought,

Printed from start to end on walls of a book.

Radice would be doubled by this one: The seed-

And it finishes with silence, calm and neat.

Wordle Answer for August 18, 2025

The Wordle Anwser is ISSUE.

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