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It's time for your guide to today's Wordle answer, featuring my commentary on the latest puzzle, plus a selection of hints designed to help you keep your streak going.
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Want more word-based fun? TechRadar's Quordle today page contains hints and answers for that game, and you can also take a look at our NYT Strands today and NYT Connections today pages for our verdict on two of the New York Times' other brainteasers.
SPOILER WARNING: Today's Wordle answer and hints are below, so don't read on if you don't want to see them.
Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief and has been obsessed with Wordle for more than four years. He's authored dozens of articles on the game for TechRadar and its sister site Tom's Guide, including a detailed analysis of the most common letters in Wordle in every position and a guide to the best Wordle start words. He's also played every Wordle ever and only lost once and yes, he takes it all too seriously.
Wordle hints (game #1970) - clue #1 - Vowels
How many vowels does today's Wordle have?
• Wordle today has vowels in two places*.
* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).
Wordle hints (game #1970) - clue #2 - first letter
What letter does today's Wordle begin with?
• The first letter in today's Wordle answer is T.
T is one of the most common starting letters in the game, beginning 149 of Wordle's 2,309 answers. That gives it a ranking of fourth in the alphabet, behind only S, C and B.
Wordle hints (game #1970) - clue #3 - repeated letters
Does today's Wordle have any repeated letters?
• There are no repeated letters in today's Wordle.
Repeated letters are quite common in the game, with 748 of the 2,309 Wordle answers containing one. However, it's still more likely that a Wordle doesn't have one.
Wordle hints (game #1970) - clue #4 - ending letter
What letter does today's Wordle end with?
• The last letter in today's Wordle is E.
E is the most common letter to end a Wordle answer by far. That's one of the reasons why many of the best start words, including SLATE, CRANE, CRATE and STARE, all end with one.
Wordle hints (game #1970) - clue #5 - last chance
Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here's an extra one for game #1970.
- Today's Wordle answer is an agreed hiatus in hostilities.
If you just want to know today's Wordle answer now, simply scroll down – but I'd always recommend trying to solve it on your own first. We've got lots of Wordle tips and tricks to help you, including a guide to the best Wordle start words.
If you don't want to know today's answer then DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER BECAUSE IT IS PRINTED BELOW. So don't say you weren't warned!
Today's Wordle answer (game #1970)
- NYT average score: 3.3
- My score: 4
- WordleBot's score: 3
- My skill score: 97
- My luck score: 45
- My start word performance: SANER (125 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: SLATE (23)
- Tomorrow's start word: SANER
Today's Wordle answer (game #1970) is… TRUCE.
There will be plenty of people walking away from today's Wordle with a very, very good score — and it's all about those start words.
SLATE and ARISE were decent enough, at 23 remaining answers, while TRAIN left 17, and STARE 16. But the real winners were CRANE and IRATE, which each left only a trio of solutions and therefore a very real chance of a 2, or a guaranteed 3 depending on the choice of second guess.
Unsurprisingly, TRUCE has a very low average of 3.3 — the same score as that for FIRST on Sunday. It was therefore all the more disappointing that I had to settle for a 4.
In fairness, I did not have an amazing opening guess; SANER left 125 options, although it did at least give me two yellow letters, the E and R.
Fortunately, my second guess, DROIT, was far more successful, and removed 123 of those words to leave a straight choice between TRUCE and BRUTE. Unfortunately, there was no opportunity here for me to employ my pick-the-least-obvious-one-and-it-will-probably-be-correct logic, because they were equally likely.
So of course I just blindly guessed instead and got it wrong. But of course I did…
Yesterday's Wordle hints (game #1969)
In a different time zone where it's still Monday? Don't worry — I can give you some clues for Wordle #1969, too.
- Wordle yesterday had vowels in two places*
* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).
- The first letter in yesterday's Wordle answer was L.
L is a surprisingly uncommon starting letter in Wordle. Despite being the sixth most common letter overall, it's only ranked 12th at the beginning of a word.
- There were no repeated letters in yesterday's Wordle.
Repeated letters are quite common in the game, with 748 of the 2,309 Wordle answers containing one. However, it's still more likely that a Wordle doesn't have one.
- The last letter in yesterday's Wordle was Y.
Y is the second most common ending letter in the game, behind only E. In total, 364 Wordle answers end with a Y.
Still looking for more Wordle hints? Here's an extra one for game #1969.
- Yesterday's Wordle answer is how you might describe a particular type of soil.
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1969)
- NYT average score: 3.9
- My score: 4
- WordleBot's score: 3
- My skill score: 94
- My luck score: 35
- My start word performance: SANER (128 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: SLATE (12)
- Tomorrow's start word: SANER
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1969) was… LOAMY.
I'll be honest, I needed a bit of help defining LOAMY today. It's one of those words that I knew existed — I might have played it in Scrabble, for instance — but not really what it meant. On reading the dictionary definition I had a bit of an "Oh yeah, of course" moment, because I'm sure I've read it in novels etc and would know it in context, but it was beyond me to pluck this information from my brain when solely used as a Wordle answer.
You might think it's another NYT addition, but no — this is an original Wordle. And it's probably a word that the gardeners among you are well aware of. I am not a gardener, and will almost certainly never be, but I'm sure I'll remember the word from now on, following its appearance here.
Fortunately for me, I didn't need to know it before now — because the way my game played out, it was the only solution open to my on the fourth guess, so I duly scored a 4 anyway. I suspect if I'd had two or more options, I wouldn't even have spotted LOAMY and I'd have ended up with a 5.
Instead, my attention was focused mostly on far more common words such as CLAMP, FLACK, BLACK, APPLY and CHALK, all of which were among the 24 possible answers I had to choose from on my third guess. I went with CLAMP and was really very lucky that it ruled out everything on my list and all but one of the various words that weren't.
Wordle answers: The past 50
I've been playing Wordle every day for more than four years now and have tracked all of the previous answers so I can help you improve your game. Here are the last 50 solutions starting with yesterday's answer, or check out my past Wordle answers page for the full list.
- Wordle #1969, Monday 9 November: LOAMY
- Wordle #1968, Sunday 8 November: FIRST
- Wordle #1967, Saturday 7 November: PRATE
- Wordle #1966, Friday 6 November: DRECK
- Wordle #1965, Thursday 5 November: PARCH
- Wordle #1964, Wednesday 4 November: NUTTY
- Wordle #1963, Tuesday 3 November: POUCH
- Wordle #1962, Monday 2 November: SCOOT
- Wordle #1961, Sunday 1 November: VIPER
- Wordle #1960, Saturday 31 October: YAHOO
- Wordle #1959, Friday 30 October: SLIDE
- Wordle #1958, Thursday 29 October: MOTOR
- Wordle #1957, Wednesday 28 October: GRIST
- Wordle #1956, Tuesday 27 October: BINGO
- Wordle #1955, Monday 26 October: GEEKY
- Wordle #1954, Sunday 25 October: DRESS
- Wordle #1953, Saturday 24 October: HOLEY
- Wordle #1952, Friday 23 October: TRILL
- Wordle #1951, Thursday 22 October: RESET
- Wordle #1950, Wednesday 21 October: PENNY
- Wordle #1949, Tuesday 20 October: WREST
- Wordle #1948, Monday 19 October: STINK
- Wordle #1947, Sunday 18 October: ADORN
- Wordle #1946, Saturday 17 October: GAFFE
- Wordle #1945, Friday 16 October: SHADY
- Wordle #1944, Thursday 15 October: DUNCE
- Wordle #1943, Wednesday 14 October: PSYCH
- Wordle #1942, Tuesday 13 October: WIDER
- Wordle #1941, Monday 12 October: YODEL
- Wordle #1940, Sunday 11 October: UNCAP
- Wordle #1939, Saturday 10 October: BUMPY
- Wordle #1938, Friday 9 October: MAJOR
- Wordle #1937, Thursday 8 October: STREW
- Wordle #1936, Wednesday 7 October: PROVE
- Wordle #1935, Tuesday 6 October: DIMLY
- Wordle #1934, Monday 5 October: MOCHA
- Wordle #1933, Sunday 4 October: SHACK
- Wordle #1932, Saturday 3 October: PEEVE
- Wordle #1931, Friday 2 October: USURY
- Wordle #1930, Thursday 1 October: RITZY
- Wordle #1929, Wednesday 30 September: RIVER
- Wordle #1928, Tuesday 29 September: SCUBA
- Wordle #1927, Monday 28 September: TRUNK
- Wordle #1926, Sunday 27 September: SLOOP
- Wordle #1925, Saturday 26 September: ELEGY
- Wordle #1924, Friday 25 September: COPSE
- Wordle #1923, Thursday 24 September: MESSY
- Wordle #1922, Wednesday 23 September: FORTH
- Wordle #1921, Tuesday 22 September: STOKE
- Wordle #1920, Monday 21 September: PAGER
What is Wordle?
If you're on this page then you almost certainly know what Wordle is already, and indeed have probably been playing it for a while. And even if you've not been playing it, you must surely have heard of it by now, because it's the viral word game phenomenon that took the world by storm in 2022 and is still going strong in 2026.
We've got a full guide to the game in our What is Wordle page, but if you just want a refresher then here are the basics.
What is Wordle?
Wordle challenges you to guess a new five-letter word each day. You get six guesses, with each one revealing a little more information. If one of the letters in your guess is in the answer and in the right place, it turns green. If it's in the answer but in the wrong place, it turns yellow. And if it's not in the answer at all it turns gray. Simple, eh?
It's played online via the Wordle website or the New York Times' Games app (iOS / Android), and is entirely free.
Crucially, the answer is the same for everyone each day, meaning that you're competing against the rest of the world, rather than just against yourself or the game. The puzzle then resets each day at midnight in your local time, giving you a new challenge, and the chance to extend your streak.
What are the Wordle rules?
The rules of Wordle are pretty straightforward, but with a couple of curveballs thrown in for good measure.
1. Letters that are in the answer and in the right place turn green.
2. Letters that are in the answer but in the wrong place turn yellow.
3. Letters that are not in the answer turn gray.
4a. Answers are never plural.
4b. …unless they are. There have been a couple of plural words that don't end in an S or ES, including FUNGI (game #439), ATRIA (#1478) and TEETH (#1551). But S and ES plurals are definitely outlawed.
5. Letters can appear more than once. So if your guess includes two of one letter, they may both turn yellow, both turn green, or one could be yellow and the other green.
6. Each guess must be a valid word in Wordle's dictionary. You can't guess ABCDE, for instance.
7. You do not have to include correct letters in subsequent guesses unless you play on Hard mode.
8. You have six guesses to solve the Wordle.
9. You must complete the daily Wordle before midnight in your timezone.
10a. All answers are drawn from Wordle's list of 2,309 solutions…
10b. …unless they are not. That's because the NYT has added in some of its own words which weren't in that list of 2,309 solutions. More will undoubtedly come over the next few years.
10c. Plus, the NYT has now started repeating answers that have already appeared in Wordle. We have no idea how often it will do this, so you'll need to be on your guard.
11. Wordle will accept a wider pool of words as guesses – some 10,000 of them. For instance, you can guess a plural such as WORDS. It definitely won't be right (see point 4a above), but Wordle will accept it as a guess.
