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Today's official answer sits around difficulty 7/10 in our answer list and is tagged with general vocabulary. Use that as a rough feel for whether today's board is leaning more toward everyday language or a specific theme.
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Puzzle #1674 · 2026-01-18
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Today's puzzle date (NYT print date): Jan 18, 2026 (2026-01-18). Puzzle #1674.
Puzzle #1674 · 2026-01-18
Today's answer is most often used as a noun. It contains 2 vowels and 3 consonants, and it uses five different letters. Its Scrabble score is 9.
Definition & origin
SUMAC — Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Rhus and other genera in Anacardiaceae, particularly the elm-leaved sumac, Sicilian sumac, or tanner's sumac (Rhus coriaria).
Structurally this is a normal‑difficulty answer with no special traps or double letters. Careful play and solid starters should keep most streaks safe.
Our lexical profile rates this answer around difficulty 7/10. That's based on how often this word and its close neighbours appear in modern English text, not just in the Wordle answer list.