Wordle #1889 answer: TRACE
Played on Friday, August 21, 2026 · difficulty 2/5
What was the Wordle answer for #1889?
The answer to Wordle #1889, played on Friday, August 21, 2026, was TRACE.
TRACE has been the answer more than once. The New York Times also used it on Wednesday, December 15, 2021. Repeats began on 2 February 2026 — before that, no answer had ever been reused.
How the solver gets there
Starting from all 2,371 possible answers, this is the run an optimal solver makes against TRACE. Every guess is the one that splits the remaining field most evenly — the last column is how many answers were still standing after it.
| Turn | Guess | Feedback | Answers left |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SALET | SALET | 20 |
| 2 | GRATE | GRATE | 2 |
| 3 | TRACE | TRACE | — |
At that point the clues could not separate TRACE and TRADE.
How hard was it?
Optimal play solves it in 3 guesses.
After the opening guess SALET, 20 of the 2,371 possible answers were still standing — a narrow field, so it came down quickly.
Hints, if you would rather work it out
There are two vowels. They are A and E. It begins with T. No letter repeats.