Wordle today: hints and answer for Friday, November 6, 2026 (#1,966)

Here is our daily Wordle companion for Friday, November 6, 2026: progressive hints for puzzle #1,966, then the answer behind a spoiler shield, then a look back at yesterday.

Our read: a fair, middle-of-the-week kind of puzzle. Nothing unfair, but only one true vowel could cost you a row.

Hints for today's Wordle

Read one at a time and stop as soon as something clicks. The hints get more revealing as you go down.

1. 1Part of speechToday's word is a noun.
2. 2VowelsIt has just one vowel.
3. 3Repeated lettersNo letter repeats, so every tile is a new letter.
4. 4Opening wordsIf you open with SLATE you get 0 green and 1 yellow; with CRANE, 1 green and 2 yellow.
5. 5First letterIt starts with D.
6. 6Last letterIt ends with K.
7. 7MeaningDictionary clue: Trash; rubbish; useless or worthless stuff.

Today's Wordle answer

Still stuck, or just checking? The answer to Wordle #1,966 is behind the button. Nothing is shown until you click.

Yesterday's Wordle

Missed it? The answer to Wordle #1,965 on Thursday, November 5 was PARCH. Our hints and write-up for yesterday's puzzle are still up if you want to replay it.

Recent Wordle answers

Wordle never repeats a past answer, so the last week of solutions is a small but real edge: anything below is off the table.

How Wordle works

You have six guesses to find a five-letter word. After each guess the tiles turn green for a right letter in the right place, yellow for a right letter in the wrong place and grey for a letter that is not in the word. One puzzle is published a day, and it changes at midnight in your local time zone; today's was edited by Tracy Bennett at The New York Times.

A good opener uses common letters and at least two vowels: SLATE, CRANE, AUDIO and ADIEU are popular for a reason. Treat your second guess as a second probe rather than an attempt to win, and remember that letters can repeat.

That is the puzzle for Friday. If it broke your streak, console yourself that it broke a lot of streaks; if it did not, see you tomorrow for #1,967.