Wordle Answer Today — Hints & Solution for Puzzle #995 (Sep 21)

3 Progressive Hints — No Spoilers

1 Category

This word relates to a place or location

2 Structure

2 vowel(s) · starts with W

3 Definition

Any of several species of large sea mammals of the infraorder Cetacea.

Wordle Unlimited #995 · Monday, September 21, 2026

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SLATE PLANE BLADE — tests most common vowels

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Great start! 2 letters in position, 1 more in word. Build around the correct positions.

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Pattern emerging: 2 confirmed positions, 1 letter to place. Use process of elimination.

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Pattern emerging: 2 confirmed positions, 1 letter to place. Use process of elimination.

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✓ WHALE — Answer found!

Key Insight

Most letters in this word are high-frequency letters, making it accessible with standard solving strategies.

Word Meaning

WHALE

1. A very large marine mammal with a streamlined hairless body.

3 Progressive Hints — No Spoilers

1 Category

This word relates to a place or location

2 Structure

2 vowel(s) · starts with W

3 Definition

A common 4-letter English word

Wordle Unlimited #995 · Monday, September 21, 2026

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ABLE MORE CORE — tests most common vowels

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Good foundation! 1 letter locked in position. Keep these fixed and test other letters.

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Very close! Focus on the remaining unknown positions.

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Very close! Focus on the remaining unknown positions.

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Very close! Focus on the remaining unknown positions.

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Very close! Focus on the remaining unknown positions.

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✓ WORE — Answer found!

Key Insight

This word requires 6 steps to solve, indicating a more challenging puzzle with less common letter combinations. Most letters in this word are high-frequency letters, making it accessible with standard solving strategies.

Word Meaning

WORE

/wɔː/ US

verb

1. To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.

"He's wearing some nice pants today. She wore her medals with pride. Please wear your seatbelt. Can you wear makeup and sunscreen at the same time? He was wearing his lunch after tripping and falling into the buffet."

2. To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.

"He wears eyeglasses. She wears her hair in braids."

3. To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.

"She wore a smile all day. He walked out of the courtroom wearing an air of satisfaction."

Synonyms:

gybe

verb

1. To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.

2. To defend; protect.

3. To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.

"to wear the wolf from the sheep"

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1 Category

This word is an adverb describing how something is done

2 Structure

3 vowel(s) · Y acts as vowel · starts with E

3 Definition

A common 6-letter English word

Wordle Unlimited #995 · Monday, September 21, 2026

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LIVELY — tests most common vowels

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Great start! 2 letters in position, 2 more in word. Build around the correct positions.

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✓ EASILY — Answer found!

Key Insight

This word contains 3 different vowels, making it easier to identify with vowel-heavy starting words like LIVELY. The word ends with the common suffix "-ly", which can help narrow down candidates after identifying the root. This word can be solved in just 2 steps using common starting words like LIVELY. Most letters in this word are high-frequency letters, making it accessible with standard solving strategies.

Word Meaning

EASILY

/ˈiː.zə.liː/ US

adverb

1. Comfortably, without discomfort or anxiety.

2. Without difficulty.

"Individuals without a family network are easily controlled."

3. Absolutely, without question.

"This is easily the best meal I have eaten."

3 Progressive Hints — No Spoilers

1 Category

This word is commonly used in everyday conversation

2 Structure

3 vowel(s) · starts with I

3 Definition

A common 7-letter English word

Wordle Unlimited #995 · Monday, September 21, 2026

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CLARIFY ANXIOUS — tests most common vowels

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Found 2 letters in the word but wrong position. Reposition them in your next guess.

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Pattern emerging: 1 confirmed positions, 3 letters to place. Use process of elimination.

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✓ INSTEAD — Answer found!

Key Insight

This word contains 3 different vowels, making it easier to identify with vowel-heavy starting words like CLARIFY. The word starts with the common prefix "in-", useful for pattern matching after the first guess. This word can be solved in just 3 steps using common starting words like CLARIFY. Most letters in this word are high-frequency letters, making it accessible with standard solving strategies.

Word Meaning

INSTEAD

/ɪnˈstɛd/ US

adverb

1. In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative.

"I was going to go shopping, but I went dancing instead."

Synonyms:

in lieu

3 Progressive Hints — No Spoilers

1 Category

This word is an adverb describing how something is done

2 Structure

2 vowel(s) · Y acts as vowel · starts with C · has double L

3 Definition

A common 8-letter English word

Wordle Unlimited #995 · Monday, September 21, 2026

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— tests most common vowels

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✓ CASUALLY — Answer found!

Key Insight

This word contains a double-letter pattern (L at positions 6-7), which appears in only ~8% of Wordle answers. This is a key differentiator. Both the first and last letters are consonants, which is the most common pattern in English words. The word ends with the common suffix "-ly", which can help narrow down candidates after identifying the root. This word can be solved in just 1 step using common starting words like CASUALLY. Most letters in this word are high-frequency letters, making it accessible with standard solving strategies.

Word Meaning

CASUALLY

US

adverb

1. In a casual manner.

3 Progressive Hints — No Spoilers

1 Category

This word is an adverb describing how something is done

2 Structure

2 vowel(s) · Y acts as vowel · starts with N · has double L

3 Definition

A common 9-letter English word

Wordle Unlimited #995 · Monday, September 21, 2026

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CONDITION — tests most common vowels

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Found 2 letters in the word but wrong position. Reposition them in your next guess.

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✓ NATURALLY — Answer found!

Key Insight

This word contains a double-letter pattern (L at positions 7-8), which appears in only ~8% of Wordle answers. This is a key differentiator. Both the first and last letters are consonants, which is the most common pattern in English words. The word ends with the common suffix "-ly", which can help narrow down candidates after identifying the root. This word can be solved in just 2 steps using common starting words like CONDITION. Most letters in this word are high-frequency letters, making it accessible with standard solving strategies.

Word Meaning

NATURALLY

/ˈnætʃ(ə)ɹəli/ US

adverb

1. In a natural manner.

"Although he was unused to the situation, he tried to act naturally."

2. Inherently or by nature.

"Boys are naturally aggressive."

3. Surely or without any doubt.

"I shall naturally protest at that decision."

Synonyms:

genuinely normally unaffectedly essentially innately

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1 Category

This word describes a physical object or thing

2 Structure

2 vowel(s) · starts with R

3 Definition

A common 10-letter English word

Wordle Unlimited #995 · Monday, September 21, 2026

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ANTIBIOTIC — tests most common vowels

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Great start! 2 letters in position, 2 more in word. Build around the correct positions.

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✓ RESTRICTED — Answer found!

Key Insight

Both the first and last letters are consonants, which is the most common pattern in English words. The word ends with the common suffix "-ed", which can help narrow down candidates after identifying the root. The word starts with the common prefix "re-", useful for pattern matching after the first guess. This word can be solved in just 2 steps using common starting words like ANTIBIOTIC. Most letters in this word are high-frequency letters, making it accessible with standard solving strategies.

Word Meaning

RESTRICTED

/ɹɪˈstɹɪktɪd/ US

verb

1. To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine

"After suffering diahrroea, the patient was restricted to a diet of rice, cold meat, and yoghurt."

2. (specifically) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.

Synonyms:

bound circumscribe coerce curb limit

adjective

1. Limited within bounds.

2. Available only to certain authorized groups of people.

"a restricted military document"

3. Only available to customers who do not belong to racial, ethnic or religious minorities.

"This hotel is restricted: no Blacks."

3 Progressive Hints — No Spoilers

1 Category

This word describes a feeling or emotion

2 Structure

3 vowel(s) · starts with F

3 Definition

A common 11-letter English word

Wordle Unlimited #995 · Monday, September 21, 2026

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SIGNIFICANT — tests most common vowels

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✓ FUNDAMENTAL — Answer found!

Key Insight

This word contains 3 different vowels, making it easier to identify with vowel-heavy starting words like SIGNIFICANT. Both the first and last letters are consonants, which is the most common pattern in English words. This word can be solved in just 2 steps using common starting words like SIGNIFICANT. Most letters in this word are high-frequency letters, making it accessible with standard solving strategies.

Word Meaning

FUNDAMENTAL

/ˌfʌndəˈmɛntəl/ US

noun

1. (usually in the plural) A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; an essential part

"one of the fundamentals of linear algebra"

2. The lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.

3. The lowest partial of a complex tone.

adjective

1. Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation.

2. Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary.

"A need for belonging seems fundamental to humans."

Synonyms:

groundlaying

Today's Wordle Answer — September 21, 2026 (#995)

WHALE

WORE

EASILY

INSTEAD

CASUALLY

NATURALLY

RESTRICTED

FUNDAMENTAL

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