Today's Wordle Hints (#1,948)
Work through these one at a time. Each one gives away a little more.
Hint 1 — Repeated letters: none.
Hint 2 — Vowels: one vowel, and ia I
Hint 3 — First letter: [Today's answer starts with _S__.]
Hint 4 — Last letter: [Today's answer ends with _K__.]
Hint 5 — Third letter: [Today's answer Third letter is _I__.]
Hint 6 — Meaning: To produce a very strong and unpleasant smell that makes the surrounding area smell bad.
If that's enough to get you there, go finish your puzzle. If not, the answer is right below.
Today's Wordle Answer
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The Wordle #1,948 answer for October 19, 2026 is:
How Wordle Works, in Case You're New
If you've never played, Wordle is simple to pick up: guess a five-letter word, six times at most. Every guess has to be a real word, and the feedback is color-coded: green for a correct letter in the correct spot, yellow for a correct letter in the wrong spot, and gray for a letter that isn't in the word at all. The puzzle resets at midnight in your time zone and is identical for every player that day, wherever they happen to be. The whole challenge is squeezing enough information out of six guesses to land on the word before they run out.
Yesterday's Wordle Answer
Playing on a delay, or checking after the fact? Wordle #1,947, for October 18, 2026, was ADORN.
Recent Wordle Answers
A quick reference for the last week, in case you fell behind or want to settle an argument about a recent puzzle.
| Wordle # | Date | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1,936 | October 7, 2026 | Prove |
| 1,937 | October 8, 2026 | STREW |
| 1,938 | October 9, 2026 | MAJOR |
| 1,939 | October 10, 2026 | BUMPY |
| 1,940 | October 11, 2026 | UNCAP |
| 1,941 | October 12, 2026 | YODEL |
| 1,942 | October 13, 2026 | WIDER |
| 1,943 | October 14, 2026 | PSYCH |
| 1,944 | October 14, 2026 | DUNCE |
| 1,945 | October 15, 2026 | SHADY |
| 1,946 | October 16, 2026 | GAFFE |
| 1,947 | October 17, 2026 | ADORN |
Choosing a Strong Starting Word
The strongest openers are the ones that teach you the most, regardless of whether they happen to be right. E, A, R, T, O, I, N and S are the letters that pull their weight most often in five-letter English words, so a guess that uses a handful of them — without repeats — tends to hand you the most information on your first try. That's the logic behind perennial picks like SLATE, CRANE, TRACE and STARE.
Letter pairs at the start of a word carry a lot of signal too: TR, BL, FR and GR are common five-letter-word openers worth testing in an early guess.
Once a few letters are locked in, avoid replaying confirmed grays and keep moving yellow letters to new spots instead of dropping them. Or hand the filtering off entirely to our Wordle Solver.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is today's Wordle answer?
Wordle #1,948, played on October 19, 2026, has the answer [ANSWER]. It's shown inside the reveal box further down this page if you'd rather see it directly than work through the hints.
What Wordle number is today?
Today's puzzle is Wordle #1,948, played on October 19, 2026. The number increases by exactly one every calendar day, with no skipped or repeated numbers since the game's 2021 launch.
What is Wordle, and who made it?
Wordle is a daily word game made by software engineer Josh Wardle. He built an early private version in 2013, then released it publicly in 2021, after which The New York Times bought the game in early 2022 and continues to run it.
How many guesses do I get in Wordle?
Six guesses total. Every guess must be a real, accepted five-letter word — Wordle will reject non-words — and the tile colors update after each attempt to tell you which letters are right and where.
Does the Wordle answer change at midnight?
It does, at midnight — though that means midnight in each player's own time zone rather than one global cutoff, so the exact clock time it appears depends on where you are.
Is this site affiliated with Wordle or The New York Times?
No. This is an independent, unofficial fan page that reports the daily answer and hints. Wordle is a trademark owned and operated by The New York Times Company.
Can I play past Wordle puzzles?
Not for free through the main game — The New York Times pulled public access to old puzzles. They do run an official archive now, but it's locked behind an NYT Games subscription. This page's recent-answers table is a quick, free alternative.
What should I do if the hints don't help me finish the puzzle?
Type what you already know — your green, yellow and gray letters — into our free Wordle Solver, and it will filter a full word list down to only the entries that still fit your clues.
What is Wordle Bot?
Wordle Bot is a tool published by The New York Times that analyzes your completed game and compares your guesses to a mathematically optimal strategy, scoring how efficient each of your guesses was.
More Puzzle Help
- Wordle Solver — enter your clues to filter possible words yourself
- Block Blast Solver — help with that game's board puzzles
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