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The Wednesday, February 18, 2026 Wordle is puzzle #1705, and its answer is MOGUL. The clues below start with the letter pattern and work toward the word, so you can stop as soon as you have enough to finish the grid. The full answer is in the final section.
Clue 1: the letter pattern
The answer has five letters arranged consonant, vowel, consonant, vowel, consonant (CVCVC). It contains two vowels and three consonants, and none of the five letters repeats. If you have been guessing words with double letters, drop that approach for this puzzle.
Clue 2: the first letter
The word begins with the letter M.
Clue 3: the meaning
The word describes a highly influential or powerful figure in a field such as fashion, technology, or music. Think of someone who holds major sway over an industry rather than an object or an action.
Clue 4: a skiing context
A second meaning ties the word to freestyle skiing, where it refers to the snowy bumps skiers navigate on a course. Both meanings point to the same five-letter word.
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Reveal: today’s Wordle answer
Spoiler: the answer for Wordle #1705 on February 18, 2026 is MOGUL.
About these hints and sources
These hints are not official New York Times clues. Two dated third-party sites, WordFinder’s puzzle page and the Wordle Today answer archive, both list MOGUL as the answer for #1705. The Wordle Today archive says it syncs official NYT answers each day after midnight ET, but that is the archive’s own description of its process. We did not find an official NYT page for this puzzle that we could check directly, so treat the answer as corroborated by two independent third-party listings rather than confirmed by the publisher.
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If you are solving this puzzle for the first time, use the clues in order: the letter pattern and first letter will usually narrow the field enough that the meaning clues confirm the word rather than give it away.
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