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Wordle today: hints and answer for Monday, November 9, 2026 (#1,969)

Stuck on Monday's Wordle? Work through our 7 hints first, then reveal the answer to puzzle #1,969 and see how it compares with yesterday's.

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Another day, another grid of grey, yellow and green. Here is everything you need for Wordle #1,969, the puzzle for Monday, November 9, 2026, in the order you need it: hints first, the answer last.

Our read: a gentler one. Common letters, no traps, and a word most players will see once two or three letters are in place.

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 an adjective.
  2. 2VowelsIt has two different vowels, plus a Y doing some of the work.
  3. 3Repeated lettersNo letter repeats, so every tile is a new letter.
  4. 4Opening wordsIf you open with SLATE you get 1 green and 1 yellow; with CRANE, 1 green and 0 yellow.
  5. 5First letterIt starts with L.
  6. 6Last letterIt ends with Y.
  7. 7MeaningDictionary clue: Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.

Today's Wordle answer

Still stuck, or just checking? The answer to Wordle #1,969 is behind the button. Nothing is shown until you click.

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LOAMY

The answer to Wordle #1,969 for Monday, November 9, 2026 is LOAMY.

Loamy (adjective): Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.

Yesterday's Wordle

Missed it? The answer to Wordle #1,968 on Sunday, November 8 was FIRST. 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 8 · #1,968FIRST
Sat, Nov 7 · #1,967PRATE
Fri, Nov 6 · #1,966DRECK
Thu, Nov 5 · #1,965PARCH
Wed, Nov 4 · #1,964NUTTY
Tue, Nov 3 · #1,963POUCH
Mon, Nov 2 · #1,962SCOOT

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 Monday. If it broke your streak, console yourself that it broke a lot of streaks; if it did not, see you tomorrow for #1,970.

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