WNBA Wordle · Day 18 · 2026-10-16
The answer was Hamchetou Maiga-Ba
The mystery player for WNBA Wordle #18 (2026-10-16) was Hamchetou Maiga-Ba. Here are the clues the grid was hiding — and if you missed it, today's puzzle is waiting.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba played for 3 franchises across Houston Comets, Minnesota Lynx, Sacramento Monarchs and came through Old Dominion in college. That means a yellow team clue appeared whenever you guessed anyone from those rosters — the classic way regulars narrow the grid down.
How the clues played out
Seven columns compared every guess to Hamchetou Maiga-Ba. Here is what each one was hiding on 2026-10-16:
A retired legend has no current team, so this column stayed gray for almost every guess — one more reason legends are hard to pin down.
With no current team there was no conference to match, so every guess compared far.
Green when your guess finished at the same school — Old Dominion. Yellow meant the two players shared a school somewhere in their careers.
A pure F — green on an exact match, yellow only for a combo guess that also listed F.
Green at exactly 6'2"; within 2 inches the tile went yellow, with the arrow pointing where to go next — taller (▲) or shorter (▼).
Counted in years as of puzzle day 2026-10-16 (ET). Green on the exact age, yellow within 2 years with a direction arrow.
Green on the exact jersey number; yellow within 2 digits, the arrow showing whether the mystery number sat higher or lower.