Stuck on Wordle #1968? Open the hints one at a time. Each one gives away a little more, and the answer is last.
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Hard Difficulty: hard, because it uses some less common letters.
Hint 1: Vowels and repeated letters
The word has 1 vowel (A, E, I, O or U). No letter repeats.
Hint 2: What kind of word it is
It is usually used as an adjective or an adverb.
Hint 3: What it means
A dictionary meaning, with the word hidden: Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
Bonus hint: A riddle
I arrive before everyone else, taking the lead in any lineup.
Hint 4: First letter
The word starts with F.
Hint 5: Second letter
The second letter is I.
Hint 6: Last letter
The word ends with T.
Hint 7: Letter pattern
F _ R _ T
Show the answer
The answer to Wordle #1968 is FIRST.
About this puzzle
- Puzzle number: 1968
- Edited by Tracy Bennett
- This word was also the answer on August 14, 2021.
Yesterday's answer (November 7, 2026)
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Wordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
Word profile: FIRST
- Part of speech: adjective, adverb, noun, verb
- Syllables: 1
- How common: about 758.15 uses per million words of English, so it is a very common word.
Meanings
- Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
- Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
- Of or belonging to a first family.
- Coming right after the zeroth in things that use zero-based numbering.
- Before anything else; firstly.
Similar words: initiative, offset, low, original, premier, maiden, basic, forward
Rhymes: coerced, burst, cursed, immersed, outburst, cloudburst, thirst, traversed
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 1939 past answers
- 287 have the same vowels and repeat pattern (hint 1)
- 26 also start with F (hint 4)
- 5 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.
- GRIST (October 28, 2026)
- BURST (September 9, 2026)
- STRIP (August 18, 2026)
- SERIF (March 23, 2026)
- SITAR (January 3, 2026)
- FRUIT (December 29, 2025)
- FRITZ (September 27, 2025)
- DRIFT (September 5, 2025)
- FOIST (July 15, 2025)
- GRIFT (May 25, 2025)
How common these letters are in Wordle
- F appears in 9% of past answers
- I appears in 28% of past answers
- R appears in 36% of past answers
- S appears in 26% of past answers
- T appears in 30% of past answers
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