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Very hard Difficulty: very hard, because it is not an everyday word and it uses some less common letters.
Hint 1: Vowels and repeated letters
The word has 1 vowel (A, E, I, O or U). It also contains a Y. No letter repeats.
Hint 2: What kind of word it is
It is usually used as an adjective or a noun.
Hint 3: What it means
A dictionary meaning, with the word hidden: Overspread with ____; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
Bonus hint: A riddle
A cool refuge where the sun cannot quite reach.
Hint 4: First letter
The word starts with S.
Hint 5: Second letter
The second letter is H.
Hint 6: Last letter
The word ends with Y.
Hint 7: Letter pattern
S _ A _ Y
Show the answer
The answer to Wordle #1945 is SHADY.
About this puzzle
- Puzzle number: 1945
- Edited by Tracy Bennett
- This is the first time this word has been the answer.
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Wordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
Word profile: SHADY
- Part of speech: adjective, noun
- Syllables: 2
- How common: about 1.61 uses per million words of English, so it is an uncommon word.
Meanings
- Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
- Abounding in shades.
- Causing shade.
- (informal) Not trustworthy; disreputable.
- (UK, slang) Mean, cruel.
Similar words: umbrageous, queer, shadowy, suspicious, funny, questionable, disreputable, fly-by-night
Rhymes: lady, landlady, cadie, blady, kady
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 1918 past answers
- 123 have the same vowels and repeat pattern (hint 1)
- 17 also start with S (hint 4)
- 15 also end with Y (hint 5)
- 2 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.
- SHACK (October 4, 2026)
- TOADY (April 18, 2026)
- SANDY (April 4, 2026)
- HASTY (March 9, 2026)
- HYDRA (February 28, 2026)
- HARDY (October 9, 2025)
- SHARE (December 25, 2024)
- SHAKY (December 3, 2024)
- READY (November 8, 2024)
- SANDY (October 27, 2024)
How common these letters are in Wordle
- S appears in 26% of past answers
- H appears in 17% of past answers
- A appears in 40% of past answers
- D appears in 16% of past answers
- Y appears in 16% of past answers
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