Hurdle Hints And Answers For August 21, 2025
If you’re a creature of word-game habit, Hurdle is probably waiting for you right now, quietly taunting from your phone or browser. Each day, it’s five rounds, five words, five little moments for a win (or a good-natured forehead smack). Here’s how it played out for August 21, 2025.
How Today's Hurdle Puzzle Works
Let’s keep it real: Hurdle is simple in theory—guess the five-letter word. But the way it strings together rounds, giving you last round’s answer as a freebie for the next, sometimes feels like the dictionary is rooting for you and against you at the exact same time. Color clues are your cheer squad: green for right letter-right spot, yellow for right letter-wrong spot. And grey…forget grey, it’s just there to keep you honest.
Hurdle Hints & Answers
Stuck on a word? No shame. Guidance ahead:
Round 1
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Hint: A type of diving.
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Answer: SCUBA.
(If you guessed “BELLY” because of belly flops, that’s the kind of creative thinking I respect.)
Round 2
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Hint: A young horse.
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Answer: FILLY.
(Confession: I briefly considered “COLT,” but that’s a boy horse. Details matter, apparently.)
Round 3
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Hint: Foolish.
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Answer: INANE.
(“SILLY” shows up in guesses a lot, but Hurdle does enjoy its slightly fancier synonyms.)
Round 4
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Hint: To hold down.
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Answer: PRESS.
(There’s always one deceptively ordinary word in the puzzle, and I stared at this clue for an embarrassingly long time.)
Final Hurdle
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Hint: Neither here nor ___.
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Answer: THERE.
(I wanted it to be “AWAY” just for the drama, but Hurdle loves a classic phrase.)
A Little Advice (And a Small Rant)
Use those color clues. Don’t get cocky—after a few greens in Round 1 I always think I’m on fire, only to hit a total wall by Round 4. When you fumble, remind yourself: it’s a puzzle, not a referendum on your place in the human race. And, honestly, the satisfaction of getting “INANE” on your second try? Reason enough to play again tomorrow.
