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Very hard Difficulty: very hard, because it has a repeated letter and it is not an everyday word and it uses some less common letters.
Hint 1: Vowels and repeated letters
The word has 2 vowels (A, E, I, O or U). One letter appears more than once.
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: (intransitive) To walk or travel fast; to go quickly.
Bonus hint: A riddle
I dart across the room before you finish blinking, leaving dust and surprise behind.
Hint 4: First letter
The word starts with S.
Hint 5: Second letter
The second letter is C.
Hint 6: Last letter
The word ends with T.
Hint 7: Letter pattern
S _ O _ T
Show the answer
The answer to Wordle #1962 is SCOOT.
About this puzzle
- Puzzle number: 1962
- 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: SCOOT
- Part of speech: verb, noun
- Syllables: 1
- How common: about 0.15 uses per million words of English, so it is an uncommon word.
Meanings
- (intransitive) To walk or travel fast; to go quickly.
- (intransitive) To run away hastily; scram.
- (intransitive, often with over) To move sideways (especially along a seat for multiple people), usually to make room for someone else (to sit, stand, etc.).
- (of an animal) To move with the forelegs while sitting, so that the floor rubs against its rear end.
- (transitive) To dispatch someone or something at speed; Synonym of shoo.
Similar words: dash, dart, scud, shoot, flash
Rhymes: astute, dispute, acute, destitute, refute, constitute, brute, moot
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 1933 past answers
- 284 have the same vowels and repeat pattern (hint 1)
- 31 also start with S (hint 4)
- 3 also end with T (hint 5)
- 1 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.
- SLOOP (September 27, 2026)
- STOUT (July 13, 2026)
- SCOOP (June 27, 2026)
- AFOOT (March 28, 2026)
- SWOOP (February 5, 2026)
- SPOOL (December 24, 2025)
- SHORT (November 5, 2025)
- SPOOF (October 15, 2025)
- SPORT (May 27, 2025)
- STOOD (April 17, 2025)
How common these letters are in Wordle
- S appears in 26% of past answers
- C appears in 19% of past answers
- O appears in 30% of past answers
- T appears in 30% of past answers
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