Stuck on Wordle #1936? Open the hints one at a time. Each one gives away a little more, and the answer is last.
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Medium Difficulty: medium, because it uses some less common letters.
Hint 1: Vowels and repeated letters
The word has 2 vowels (A, E, I, O or U). No letter repeats.
Hint 2: What kind of word it is
It is usually used as a verb or a noun.
Hint 3: What it means
A dictionary meaning, with the word hidden: (transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
Bonus hint: A riddle
What settles the argument and turns doubt into a nod?
Hint 4: First letter
The word starts with P.
Hint 5: Second letter
The second letter is R.
Hint 6: Last letter
The word ends with E.
Hint 7: Letter pattern
P _ O _ E
Show the answer
The answer to Wordle #1936 is PROVE.
About this puzzle
- Puzzle number: 1936
- Edited by Tracy Bennett
- This word was also the answer on November 29, 2021.
Yesterday's answer (October 6, 2026)
DIMLY. Yesterday's hints
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Wordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
Word profile: PROVE
- Part of speech: verb, noun
- Syllables: 1
- How common: about 33.35 uses per million words of English, so it is a very common word.
Meanings
- (transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
- (transitive) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.
- (intransitive) To turn out; to manifest.
- (copulative) To turn out to be.
- (transitive) To put to the test, to make trial of.
Similar words: demonstrate, examine, establish, show, rise, raise, evidence, test
Rhymes: improve, move, groove, remove, behoove, disprove, disapprove, approve
How would your starting word have done?
Here is the first-row result today's answer would give for some popular opening words.
How much each hint narrows it down
Using the list of past Wordle answers as the word list, this is how many words would still fit after each hint.
- All 1911 past answers
- 746 have the same vowels and repeat pattern (hint 1)
- 47 also start with P (hint 4)
- 18 also end with E (hint 5)
- 5 also match the letter pattern (hint 6)
Past answers that look like today's
Earlier answers that share at least three letters in the same spots, or four of the same letters.
- PEEVE (October 3, 2026)
- PRIVY (August 8, 2026)
- POSER (July 27, 2026)
- MOVER (May 16, 2026)
- PRUDE (April 11, 2026)
- PROOF (January 2, 2026)
- GRAVE (November 20, 2025)
- SPORE (August 24, 2025)
- DRONE (May 26, 2025)
- HOVER (March 1, 2025)
How common these letters are in Wordle
- P appears in 15% of past answers
- R appears in 36% of past answers
- O appears in 30% of past answers
- V appears in 7% of past answers
- E appears in 47% of past answers
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