{
  "id": 9067518,
  "title": "Hurdle hints and answers for September 22, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/hurdle-hints-and-answers-for-september-22-2026",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-22T02:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/entertainment/hurdle-hints-answers-september-22-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On September 22, 2026, the word game Hurdle presented five rounds of challenges to players. In the inaugural round, participants attempted to guess a word, receiving feedback on correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters. Upon solving the initial word, players advanced to the next hurdle and received the solution to the previous one as their opening guess for the subsequent round.\n\nThe final hurdle revealed the word \"ICHOR,\" which was hinted at by the phrase \"Divine blood.\" To navigate the game, players utilized hints like \"Foot bone\" for the first word, guiding them to \"ANKLE.\" For the second word, the hint was \"Angry,\" leading to the answer \"UPSET.\" The third word's clue was \"A split,\" resulting in \"CRACK.\" The fourth word's hint was \"Compassion,\" which revealed \"MERCY\" as the correct response.\n\nPlayers were informed that the number of times a letter was highlighted in earlier guesses did not necessarily denote the frequency of that letter's appearance in the final word. To aid those who found themselves stuck, the article provided assistance and encouraged signing up for newsletter updates or push alerts for daily tech and digital culture news.",
  "summary": "Hints and answers to today's Hurdle all in one place.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for September 21, 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/nyt-connections-sports-edition-today-hints-and-answers-for-september",
        "published": "2026-09-21T02:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}