NEW YORK — Thursday's New York Times Wordle is a five-letter adverb with no A, E, I, O or U, a repeated Y, and a habit of sounding like a punchline delivered with a straight face.

The official solution for puzzle No. 1,909, dated Sept. 10, 2026, is DRYLY. Lifehacker, Parade, USA Today's For The Win, Mashable, The Mirror and multiple independent archives published the same word after midnight Eastern, when the Times rotates the daily answer.

Hint sites spent the morning circling the definition without spelling it. Parade said the word "describes doing something in a way that is deliberately unemotional, understated or lacking expression" and later "refers to speaking or acting in a subtle, quiet and humorous way." Rock Paper Shotgun's one-word clue was "Without enthusiasm." Mashable offered "Ironically." Lifehacker's first hint was "With a straight face."

Structural clues lined up across outlets. The word starts with D and ends with Y. There........

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