Wordle August 26, 2025: Puzzle Hints Suggest Today’s Answer Is An Add-On To Buildings

Wordle continues to enjoy a huge following worldwide, having crossed boundaries to challenge millions using its simple and addictive format. There are six guesses each day, whereby players use their logic, vocabulary, and strategy to guess the hidden five-letter word.

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Past Wordle Answers

August 25, 2025: MIRTH

August 24, 2025: SPORE

Wordle Hints for August 26, 2025

Hint 1: Today’s Wordle word has two vowels in the first and fourth positions.

Hint 2: It’s often associated with ‘something to add on.’

Hint 3: The word structure is vowel-consonant-consonant-vowel-consonant.

Hint 4: Today’s Wordle word has repeating letters.

What is the Superhint for today?

Today’s Wordle starts with a vowel and ends with a rare consonant, guess what?

Wordle Answer for August 26, 2025

The Wordle answer is ANNEX: A-N-N-E-X.

Breakdown: ‘Ann’ (a girl’s name) + double middle ‘nn’ + ‘ex’ - together, annex: an add-on to a building. Nice riddle! 🎉

Wordle Answer for August 26 2025


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