Another day, another grid of grey, yellow and green. Here is everything you need for Wordle #1,962, the puzzle for Monday, November 2, 2026, in the order you need it: hints first, the answer last.
Our read: a fair, middle-of-the-week kind of puzzle. Nothing unfair, but a repeated letter 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.
- 1Part of speechToday's word is a noun.
- 2VowelsIt has just one vowel, used twice.
- 3Repeated lettersOne letter appears twice, so do not rule a letter out too early.
- 4Opening wordsIf you open with SLATE you get 1 green and 1 yellow; with CRANE, 0 green and 1 yellow.
- 5First letterIt starts with S.
- 6Last letterIt ends with T.
- 7MeaningDictionary clue: A swift movement or trip
Today's Wordle answer
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SCOOT
The answer to Wordle #1,962 for Monday, November 2, 2026 is SCOOT.
Scoot (noun): A swift movement or trip
In a sentence: “a quick scoot to the supermarket”
Yesterday's Wordle
Missed it? The answer to Wordle #1,961 on Sunday, November 1 was VIPER. 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.
Sun, Nov 1 · #1,961VIPER
Sat, Oct 31 · #1,960YAHOO
Fri, Oct 30 · #1,959SLIDE
Thu, Oct 29 · #1,958MOTOR
Wed, Oct 28 · #1,957GRIST
Tue, Oct 27 · #1,956BINGO
Mon, Oct 26 · #1,955GEEKY
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.
Wordle resets at midnight in your local time zone, so a new puzzle is never far away. We will be back tomorrow with hints for #1,963.