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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.
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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 #1934) - 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 #1934) - clue #2 - first letter
What letter does today's Wordle begin with?
• The first letter in today's Wordle answer is M.
M is a middling letter when it comes to starting a word. It sits 10th in the rankings, with 107 occurrences in the 2,309 answers.
Wordle hints (game #1934) - 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 #1934) - clue #4 - ending letter
What letter does today's Wordle end with?
• The last letter in today's Wordle is A.
A is a relatively common ending letter. It ranks 10th in this regard and today's game is one of 63 in which you'll find an A there.
Wordle hints (game #1934) - clue #5 - last chance
Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here's an extra one for game #1934.
- Today's Wordle answer is a type of coffee.
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 #1934)
- NYT average score: 4.0
- My score: 4
- WordleBot's score: 3
- My skill score: 96
- My luck score: 34
- My start word performance: SANER (128 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: SLATE (202)
- Tomorrow's start word: SANER
Today's Wordle answer (game #1934) is… MOCHA.
Sometimes I feel like there are just too many words in the world. Do we really need this many? Not all languages have as many as English; there are apparently between 600,000 to 1 million English words, whereas there are a mere 100-150,000 in French. Sure, it makes for a lovely experience when writing or reading, but it can be a right pain when playing Wordle. And today's game is a good example of why.
MOCHA is one of the many English words inherited from another language, or specifically in this case the name of a place in Yemen, and it has a relatively unusual CHA ending. And so, after my first two guesses of SANER and PLAIT had reduced my shortlist to a dozen options, I was left with a real ragtag bunch of words to choose from.
In fact, most were so unusual that I only came up with five of them: ACHOO, COMMA, MOMMA, COCOA and DOGMA. These are all pretty odd words in their own right, in that they all have uncommon letter formations with repeats and strange endings. However, the seven that I missed were all that and more: ABUZZ, BYWAY, VODKA, YUCCA, ADOBO, AMUCK and MOCHA — I challenge anyone to have spotted all of those, or at least not without spending a lot longer than I was prepared to.
I hadn't had much luck up to this point, but did get some on that third guess — because DOGMA didn't only rule out all of the words on my shortlist, but also got rid of all of the others except MOCHA. Plus, by this point it was relatively easy to find, given that the format had to be either MO--A or -OM-A — so I escaped a fairly tough game with an average-matching 4.
Yesterday's Wordle hints (game #1933)
In a different time zone where it's still Sunday? Don't worry — I can give you some clues for Wordle #1933, too.
- Wordle yesterday had a vowel in one place*
* 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 S.
S is the most common starting letter in the game, featuring in 365 of Wordle's 2,309 answers. In fact, it's almost twice as likely to begin an answer as the next most common starting letter, C.
- 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 K.
K is much more common at the end of a Wordle answer than at the start, and in fact ranks ninth overall in this regard.
Still looking for more Wordle hints? Here's an extra one for game #1933.
- Yesterday's Wordle answer is a ramshackle dwelling.
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1933)
- NYT average score: 3.8
- My score: 3
- WordleBot's score: 3
- My skill score: 97
- My luck score: 71
- My start word performance: SANER (43 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: SLATE (31)
- Tomorrow's start word: SANER
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1933) was… SHACK.
After the storm, the calm: SHACK is comfortably the easiest game we've had since SCUBA on Tuesday, and possibly since TRUNK last Monday. Well, for most people at least. As always, it will depend to an extent on what your start word is, but so many people include either an S or a C, plus an A, that I doubt there will be many 5s or 6s, let alone lots of fails.
There are several near-neighbor words — WHACK, STACK, SLACK, SMACK, SNACK, SHOCK, SHUCK, SHARK, SHANK — but in some cases SHACK will be the more obvious choice (versus WHACK, SHUCK or SHANK, for instance) and in others start letters will have made the task easier. For instance, anyone beginning with SLATE will have known that there was no L or T in there, while those beginning with CRANE will have had the R and N ruled out.
That said, there are so many S-A-- words — 77 among the 2,309 originals, in fact, 10 more than any other 1st-and-3rd-letter combo — that it won't have been incredibly easy either.
The trick will have been playing a good narrowing-down word on the second guess. I went with CLOTH and got very lucky, with the C and H turning yellow and the L and T being ruled out. That left SHACK and, er, SCHWA as the only options, but given that I have no idea what the latter means and have never heard it before, I was only ever going with the former and scored a welcome 3.
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 #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
- Wordle #1919, Sunday 20 September: SHONE
- Wordle #1918, Saturday 19 September: WAKEN
- Wordle #1917, Friday 18 September: SNOWY
- Wordle #1916, Thursday 17 September: THETA
- Wordle #1915, Wednesday 16 September: WISPY
- Wordle #1914, Tuesday 15 September: DEALT
- Wordle #1913, Monday 14 September: RINSE
- Wordle #1912, Sunday 13 September: FOCUS
- Wordle #1911, Saturday 12 September: NIFTY
- Wordle #1910, Friday 11 September: ASTER
- Wordle #1909, Thursday 10 September: DRYLY
- Wordle #1908, Wednesday 9 September: BURST
- Wordle #1907, Tuesday 8 September: LIVEN
- Wordle #1906, Monday 7 September: BLIND
- Wordle #1905, Sunday 6 September: BEIGE
- Wordle #1904, Saturday 5 September: SOUPY
- Wordle #1903, Friday 4 September: WAGER
- Wordle #1902, Thursday 3 September: JOIST
- Wordle #1901, Wednesday 2 September: RULER
- Wordle #1900, Tuesday 1 September: REMIX
- Wordle #1899, Monday 31 August: MOUND
- Wordle #1898, Sunday 30 August: INTEL
- Wordle #1897, Saturday 29 August: BLOOD
- Wordle #1896, Friday 28 August: TWEEN
- Wordle #1895, Thursday 27 August: UNCUT
- Wordle #1894, Wednesday 26 August: CAPON
- Wordle #1893, Tuesday 25 August: CLICK
- Wordle #1892, Monday 24 August: RUNNY
- Wordle #1891, Sunday 23 August: OLDEN
- Wordle #1890, Saturday 22 August: PRAWN
- Wordle #1889, Friday 21 August: TRACE
- Wordle #1888, Thursday 20 August: MURKY
- Wordle #1887, Wednesday 19 August: GRILL
- Wordle #1886, Tuesday 18 August: STRIP
- Wordle #1885, Monday 17 August: TRIBE
- Wordle #1884, Sunday 16 August: ASPIC
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.
