Wordle · Archive · #1554 · Saturday, September 20, 2025
Wordle #1554 Answer — Saturday, September 20, 2025
Hints, difficulty, the word, and what it means.
Categoryverb
Vowels2
Starts withD
Difficulty6/10
Hints & Answer
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Hint 1Category
It's a verb. To delay or postpone -
Hint 2Vowels & repeats
Today's word has 2 vowels, and one letter appears more than once. -
Hint 3First letter
It starts with D. -
Hint 4Getting closer
After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
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Wordle answer #1554
DEFER
verb /dɪˈfɜː(ɹ)/
The Word, Explained
DEFER /dɪˈfɜː(ɹ)/ verb
To delay or postpone
"We're going to defer the decision until we have all the facts."
Tricky because the repeated E trips up guesses that assume five unique letters.
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What was the Wordle answer for #1554?
Wordle #1554 (Saturday, September 20, 2025) is DEFER — a verb starting with D.
How hard was this Wordle?
We rated it 6/10 (Medium). Tricky because the repeated E trips up guesses that assume five unique letters.