How to Solve Wordle #1825 (June 18, 2026): A Three-Guess Walkthrough

Wordle #1825 for June 18, 2026 rewards patience with a satisfying snap — the answer is a clean five-letter word with just one vowel. If you’re stuck, this tutorial walks you through a real solve so you can see the reasoning, not just the answer.

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Why This Puzzle Is Tricky

ENTRY contains only one vowel (E) and four consonants, which means vowel-heavy openers like ADIEU will leave you flying blind. The word is common enough that it’s easy to overlook — your brain might keep jumping to rarer or longer words and miss what’s right in front of you.

The Solve: Guess by Guess

Guess 1: SLATE

SLATE is a reliable opener: it tests S, L, A, T, and E — five of the most common English letters — all in a single guess.

Against ENTRY, here is what SLATE returns:

S	L	A	T	E
⬜	⬜	⬜	🟨	🟨

S, L, A → gray: eliminated from the word entirely.
T → yellow: T is somewhere in the word, but not in position 4.
E → yellow: E is somewhere in the word, but not in position 5.

What we learned: The word contains both T and E. Three very common letters (S, L, A) are ruled out. Our next guess needs to place T somewhere other than position 4, and E somewhere other than position 5.

Guess 2: INERT

INERT is an excellent second choice here. It:

Places T at position 5 (not position 4 — respects the yellow constraint).
Places E at position 3 (not position 5 — respects the yellow constraint).
Tests two completely new letters, I and N, that haven’t appeared yet.
Contains no S, L, or A — respects all three grays from guess 1.

Against ENTRY, INERT returns:

I	N	E	R	T
⬜	🟩	🟨	🟩	🟨

I → gray: not in the word.
N → green: N is confirmed at position 2.
E → yellow: E is in the word but not at position 3 (combined with guess 1, E is not at position 3 or 5).
R → green: R is confirmed at position 4.
T → yellow: T is in the word but not at position 5 (combined with guess 1, T is not at position 4 or 5).

What we learned: Four of the five letters are now identified — N, E, R, T — with N and R pinned to their exact slots. E and T are still looking for homes.

Placing the remaining letters:

E can’t be at positions 3 or 5. It can’t be at position 2 (that’s N) or position 4 (that’s R). The only remaining slot is position 1.
T can’t be at positions 4 or 5. It can’t be at position 1 (that’s E) or position 2 (that’s N). The only remaining slot is position 3.

The grid reads: E · N · T · R · ?

The fifth letter is unknown but narrowed sharply. We’ve eliminated S, L, A, I. With four letters locked in (E-N-T-R-_), the most natural completion — and one of the very few valid English words — is ENTRY.

Guess 3: ENTRY → 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The answer to Wordle #1825 for June 18, 2026 is:

ENTRY

Solved in three guesses.

What Today’s Puzzle Teaches Us

One vowel doesn’t mean one chance. When a word has only a single vowel, your opener just needs to locate it early. SLATE found the E in one shot; from there, the solve became a consonant-placement puzzle.

Yellows are position locks, not just confirmations. Each yellow tile tells you two things simultaneously: the letter exists in the word, and it does not belong in that particular slot. Chain those negatives across guesses and the valid positions shrink fast. After two guesses we had ruled out six possible positions for E and T between them, which is what made position 1 and 3 the only logical answers.

Recycling information pays off. INERT reused both yellow letters from SLATE (T and E) while also testing two fresh letters (N and I). One guess doing double duty — testing new letters while satisfying old constraints — is why we could close out in three. When you’re choosing guess 2, always ask: can this word both reuse my yellows in new positions and introduce at least one new untested letter?

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