Hurdle Hints and Answers for August 26, 2025
Let’s dive straight in: today’s Hurdle answers were a delightful mix of straightforward and, let’s be honest, brain-scratching. If you’re here because you got stuck (been there), you’re definitely not alone.
What’s the Deal with Hurdle Anyway?
Here’s how it goes: you take on five rounds, each one a new word. Each time you get a word right, that word becomes your next starting guess. By the final hurdle, the answers you found in the previous rounds fill in the first four guesses, giving you both a head start and, honestly, a weird sort of pressure to not mess up. Sometimes those built-in starter guesses genuinely help—sometimes, you just stare at the letters, totally blank, for five minutes (been there too). No shame in it.
Today’s Hurdle Hints & Answers — Each Step
You want those sweet, sweet clues? Here they are, in all their imperfect, informal glory:
Word 1
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Hint: The purest chocolate.
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Answer: CACAO
Word 2
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Hint: Tossed.
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Answer: THREW
Word 3
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Hint: A helpless person.
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Answer: GONER
Word 4
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Hint: Trust.
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Answer: FAITH
Final Hurdle
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Hint: A prominent Catholic figure.
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Answer: FRIAR
I’ll be honest, “GONER” threw me for a loop—I started with “LOSER,” then “WAFER” (no clue why), so if you nailed it right away, my hat’s off. Sometimes the most “obvious” word is the one that hides the best, right? And whoever picked “FAITH” as today’s fourth word is clearly in a let’s-make-them-think mood.
Small Confession: The Struggle is Real
Today I got stuck on Hurdle 2 for far longer than I want to admit. “Tossed” had me guessing “SPUN,” “THROW,” “LOFTY” (don’t judge), and then finally the penny dropped with THREW. I always get tripped up when the answer turns out to be the past tense of a verb. Gives me flashbacks to every spelling test I ever bombed in middle school.
And for the final word, “FRIAR”? I’ve got Catholic friends so that one clicked, but I’m betting anyone who guessed “PRIEST” or “POPE” first is nodding right now. Honestly, that’s half the fun—those little moments of self-doubt and sudden clarity.
