Wordle for August 11, 2026

The hints, as published

1. Where you meet itYou could run into this word along the edge of a yard, in an Olympic arena where two athletes fight with blades, or in a crime story about a man who buys stolen jewelry and never asks questions.
2. The everyday oneMost often it is the barrier built around a property, meant to keep something in or somebody else out.
3. Two other livesIt also names a combat sport fought with a thin blade, and separately, the middleman a thief uses to turn stolen goods into cash.
4. Letter patternFive letters, one letter repeated, and both vowels are the same letter, showing up second and last.
5. SoundIt rhymes with dense and tense, and starts with the same sound as 'fun'.