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Today’s puzzle: #1953 — Saturday, October 24, 2026 · Difficulty: Challenging · Yesterday’s answer (#1952): TRILL
Today’s Wordle Hints — 6 Progressive Clues
Hint 1: Vowel Count & Word Type — tap to reveal
Today’s answer is an adjective and contains 2 standard vowels (from A, E, I, O, U). The letter Y also appears — Y sometimes works as a vowel.
Hint 2: Context Clue — tap to reveal
Picture an old pair of socks that has seen too many miles, or a slice of Swiss cheese. That is the world today’s word lives in.
Hint 3: First Letter — tap to reveal
Today’s word starts with the letter H.
Hint 4: Repeated Letters — tap to reveal
There are no repeated letters in today’s answer. All five letters are different.
Hint 5: Letter Pattern — tap to reveal
The second letter is O and the word ends with Y. Your pattern is: H O _ _ Y.
Hint 6: Meaning Clue — tap to reveal
It means “full of holes”. Careful: it sounds exactly like a word meaning sacred or divine — but the spelling is completely different.
Today’s Wordle Answer
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The answer to Wordle #1953 for October 24, 2026 is:
H O L E Y
HOLEY — an adjective meaning full of holes, as in “His holey old socks finally went in the bin.” Note the E before the Y — that spelling is what makes this one tricky.
How Hard Is Today’s Wordle?
Challenging. Reports put the average solve at around 5.5 guesses out of 6, which makes #1953 one of the tougher recent puzzles. The traps: an uncommon first letter, a Y ending, and a spelling that looks like a typo of a much more common word.
Yesterday’s Wordle Answer
Yesterday’s answer (October 23, 2026, puzzle #1952) was TRILL. Missed a day earlier? Browse the full list on our Wordle Answer Archive page.
Best Wordle Starting Words
A strong opener tests common vowels and consonants in one move. The most reliable starting words are SLATE, CRANE, TRACE, STARE and AUDIO. After your opener, spend your second guess on the vowels you have not placed yet, and save rare letters (J, Q, X, Z) until the pattern forces them.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is today’s Wordle answer?
Today’s answer is hidden in the reveal section above so you can try the hints first. Puzzle #1953 is for Saturday, October 24, 2026.
What time does a new Wordle come out?
A new puzzle appears at midnight in your own local time zone, and everyone in the world gets the same word for that calendar day.
How many guesses do you get in Wordle?
Six. Each guess must be a valid five-letter English word, and the tiles turn green, yellow or gray to show how close you were.
Does today’s Wordle have a repeated letter?
That is Hint 4 above — reveal it there so the rest of the hints stay spoiler-free.
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