Hurdle Hints and Answers for December 26, 2025

Quick Summary

• Game Structure: Hurdle consists of five rounds where players guess words based on letter feedback.
• Hints: Each round provides hints from previous guesses, but highlighted letters do not guarantee their frequency in the final answer.
• Assistance: Players can find help if they get stuck at any stage of the game.
• Final Hurdle: The last word requires knowledge from all previous rounds to solve.

If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.

There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it’ll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give you several clues or none, depending on the words. For the final hurdle, every correct answer from previous hurdles is shown, with correct and misplaced letters clearly shown.

An important note is that the number of times a letter is highlighted from previous guesses does necessarily indicate the number of times that letter appears in the final hurdle.

If you find yourself stuck at any step of today’s Hurdle, don’t worry! We have you covered.

Hurdle Word 1 hint

Gelatinous.

Hurdle Word 1 answer

JELLY

Hurdle Word 2 hint

A popular Colorado ski town.

Hurdle Word 2 Answer

ASPEN

Hurdle Word 3 hint

A raid.

Hurdle Word 3 answer

FORAY

Hurdle Word 4 hint

A Jewish leader.

Hurdle Word 4 answer

RABBI

Final Hurdle hint

Kidney-related.

Hurdle Word 5 answer

RENAL

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