Today’s Hurdle hints and answers for September 26, 2026

If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.

There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it’ll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give you several clues or none, depending on the words. For the final hurdle, every correct answer from previous hurdles is shown, with correct and misplaced letters clearly shown.

An important note is that the number of times a letter is highlighted from previous guesses does necessarily indicate the number of times that letter appears in the final hurdle.

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If you find yourself stuck at any step of today’s Hurdle, don’t worry! We have you covered.

Hurdle Word 1 hint

A narcotic.

Hurdle Word 1 answer

OPIUM

Hurdle Word 2 hint

Trapped.

Hurdle Word 2 Answer

STUCK

Hurdle Word 3 hint

Tightly packed

Hurdle Word 3 answer

DENSE

Hurdle Word 4 hint

Two cents.

Hurdle Word 4 answer

INPUT

Final Hurdle hint

Perch.

Hurdle Word 5 answer

ROOST

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