Wordle Hints Today - October 10, 2026 puzzle #1939
Stuck on today's Wordle? Six spoiler-safe hints below, revealed one at a time — tap each only when you're ready. Skip straight to the answer, difficulty score, starting words, or past answers using the bar below.
Wordle Hints Today
Each hint builds on the last — start with Hint 1 and only go further if you're still stuck.
Vowel count
Knowing how many vowels you're hunting for narrows the field fast.
Opening letter
The first letter alone can rule out a huge chunk of the dictionary.
Last letter
The final letter often points to a family of common word endings.
Repeats
Missing a repeated letter often means wasting a guess on a letter that was never new.
Second letter
Position two is one of the hardest to pin down through elimination alone.
Meaning
A definition hint, for when the letters alone aren't quite enough.
Today's Wordle Answer
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SHRUB — a woody plant smaller than a tree, usually with several stems, like the ones trimmed along a garden border. One vowel and no repeated letters, plus a less common B ending, made this a step up from yesterday.
How Hard Is Today's Wordle
A rough read on how today's puzzle is trending compared to a typical day.
Why this score
Only one vowel and no repeated letters push this into Medium+ territory, and a B ending is rarer than most Wordle answers, so a lot of solvers don't think to test it.
What do the numbers mean?
The scale runs 1 to 6 — the same as the number of guesses allowed. A score near 6 means most players used every try.
Very easy — most players solve it in one or two guesses.
Easy — straightforward word, solved in three guesses by most.
Medium — an average puzzle, usually three to four tries.
Medium+ — fewer vowels or a repeated letter makes it trickier.
Hard — an unusual letter pattern that needs a strong opener.
Very hard — most players use every guess they have.
How today's puzzle played out
Wordle Hints Yesterday's Answer
Puzzle #1938, Friday, October 9 — the answer was NOVEL.
Why this score
Two vowels and no repeated letters kept this a middle-of-the-road puzzle — common letters throughout, just enough combinations to take a few guesses to pin down.
Wordle Statistics: 30-Day Average Guesses
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Mean guesses per puzzle, last 30 days
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Fail rate per puzzle, last 30 days
The percentage of players in each sample who ran out of guesses.
Past Wordle answers
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Hardest Wordle Puzzles of 2026
Every puzzle scoring 4.5 or higher on the NYT tester scale, from our tracked archive (June 11 – October 10, 2026).
Puzzle #1905 · September 6, 2026
The repeated E — once right after the B, once at the very end — tripped up most solvers, since landing on the letter once didn't reveal it belonged in two spots.
| Date | Puzzle | Word | Score | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | #1894 | CAPON | 5.7 | Medium+ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | #1929 | MYTHS | 5.3 | Hard |
| Jul 15, 2026 | #1852 | PSHAW | 5.3 | Hard |
| Jul 12, 2026 | #1849 | CLACK | 5.2 | Hard |
| Jun 30, 2026 | #1837 | PUPPY | 5.1 | Hard |
| Jun 13, 2026 | #1820 | QUELL | 5.1 | Hard |
| Sep 16, 2026 | #1915 | BLOOM | 5.0 | Hard |
| Jul 6, 2026 | #1843 | TODDY | 5.0 | Hard |
| Sep 7, 2026 | #1906 | BLIND | 4.8 | Medium+ |
| Sep 3, 2026 | #1902 | JOIST | 4.8 | Medium+ |
| Jul 4, 2026 | #1841 | PIZZA | 4.8 | Medium+ |
| Sep 5, 2026 | #1904 | SOUPY | 4.7 | Medium+ |
| Sep 2, 2026 | #1901 | RULER | 4.7 | Medium+ |
| Sep 1, 2026 | #1900 | REMIX | 4.7 | Medium+ |
| Aug 28, 2026 | #1896 | TWEEN | 4.7 | Medium+ |
| Aug 25, 2026 | #1893 | CLICK | 4.7 | Medium+ |
| Jul 5, 2026 | #1842 | SWAMI | 4.7 | Medium+ |
| Jun 24, 2026 | #1831 | QUEER | 4.7 | Medium+ |
| Aug 20, 2026 | #1888 | MURKY | 4.6 | Hard |
| Jul 17, 2026 | #1854 | LEGAL | 4.6 | Medium+ |
| Jul 11, 2026 | #1848 | AVIAN | 4.6 | Medium+ |
| Jul 1, 2026 | #1838 | DEMUR | 4.6 | Medium+ |
| Jun 21, 2026 | #1828 | ALIBI | 4.6 | Medium+ |
| Aug 31, 2026 | #1899 | MOUND | 4.5 | Medium+ |
| Aug 30, 2026 | #1898 | INTEL | 4.5 | Medium+ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | #1850 | STOUT | 4.5 | Medium+ |
| Jun 28, 2026 | #1835 | EMCEE | 4.5 | Medium+ |
| Jun 19, 2026 | #1826 | EMOJI | 4.5 | Medium+ |
Easiest Wordle Puzzles of 2026
Every puzzle scoring 3.5 or lower on the NYT tester scale, from our tracked archive (June 11 – October 10, 2026).
Puzzle #1819 · June 12, 2026
A common, everyday word with familiar letters and no repeats — most solvers landed it in two or three guesses with almost any reasonable opener.
| Date | Puzzle | Word | Score | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | #1868 | PURSE | 3.1 | Easy |
| Aug 13, 2026 | #1881 | CRASH | 3.2 | Easy |
| Jul 28, 2026 | #1865 | SONAR | 3.2 | Easy |
| Sep 17, 2026 | #1916 | NAIVE | 3.3 | Easy |
| Aug 17, 2026 | #1885 | TRIBE | 3.3 | Easy |
| Jul 27, 2026 | #1864 | POSER | 3.3 | Easy |
| Sep 22, 2026 | #1921 | OPERA | 3.4 | Easy |
| Aug 10, 2026 | #1878 | SNIPE | 3.4 | Easy |
| Aug 3, 2026 | #1871 | REPLY | 3.4 | Medium |
| Jul 26, 2026 | #1863 | GRAPE | 3.4 | Easy |
| Aug 21, 2026 | #1889 | TRACE | 3.5 | Medium |
| Aug 15, 2026 | #1883 | LOOSE | 3.5 | Medium |
| Aug 11, 2026 | #1879 | FENCE | 3.5 | Medium |
| Aug 4, 2026 | #1872 | MOTIF | 3.5 | Easy |
| Jul 20, 2026 | #1857 | DIVER | 3.5 | Medium |
| Jul 19, 2026 | #1856 | CHURN | 3.5 | Medium |
Best starting words & strategy tips
A good opener does most of the heavy lifting before you've even seen the board.
Pairs three high-frequency consonants (S, L, T) with the two most common vowels (A, E) — consistently ranks among the strongest openers.Top pick
Mixes C, R, and N with A and E; R alone shows up in a large share of Wordle answers, making this a strong diagnostic guess.
Covers R, S, and three vowels at once, giving broad early coverage of both consonants and vowel placement.
Tests four of the five vowels in one guess — weak on consonants, but often clears out a large chunk of the word list instantly.
Quick strategy tips
- Open with coverage, not a guess. Test common vowels and consonants together rather than trying to guess the word on row one.
- Never reuse a grey letter. Once a tile goes grey, that letter isn't in the word — using it again wastes a turn.
- Move yellow letters to a new spot. A yellow tile means right letter, wrong place — try it somewhere else next guess.
- Think in word endings. Patterns like -IGHT, -ATCH, or -OUND can close in on the answer faster than guessing letter by letter.
- Use a splitting guess when stuck. If two words could both fit, pick the guess that best tells them apart — even if it isn't your final answer.
How Wordle works
Guess a five-letter word
Any valid English word works as an opener — one that tests common letters gives you the most information.
Read the colors
Each letter turns green, yellow, or grey depending on how close it is to the answer.
Refine and repeat
Carry green letters forward, reposition the near-misses, and drop grey ones entirely.
Six tries, one word a day
Everyone worldwide gets the same puzzle, which resets at midnight in your local time zone.
What the colors mean
Green
Correct letter, correct spot.
Yellow
Right letter, wrong spot — move it next guess.
Grey
Not in the word — don't use it again.
Opened with a standard high-coverage starter and only turned up one vowel, a sign the word would lean consonant-heavy.
Once S up front and B at the end were confirmed, the shape S _ _ _ B pointed toward a small family of words. The second letter H locked it into S H _ _ B, and SHRUB clicked once R and the vowel U fell into place.
If you're stuck on a similar shape in future, it's worth testing common consonant blends like SH or SR directly instead of guessing single letters one at a time.