The Thursday Wordle is up. We have played puzzle #1,972, checked the dictionary and lined up the hints below so you can take as much or as little help as you need.
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 0 green and 2 yellow; with CRANE, 0 green and 2 yellow.
- 5First letterIt starts with K.
- 6Last letterIt ends with T.
- 7MeaningDictionary clue: Alternative spelling of carat.
Today's Wordle answer
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KARAT
The answer to Wordle #1,972 for Thursday, November 12, 2026 is KARAT.
Karat (noun): Alternative spelling of carat.
Yesterday's Wordle
Missed it? The answer to Wordle #1,971 on Wednesday, November 11 was BLESS. 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.
Wed, Nov 11 · #1,971BLESS
Tue, Nov 10 · #1,970TRUCE
Mon, Nov 9 · #1,969LOAMY
Sun, Nov 8 · #1,968FIRST
Sat, Nov 7 · #1,967PRATE
Fri, Nov 6 · #1,966DRECK
Thu, Nov 5 · #1,965PARCH
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 Thursday. If it broke your streak, console yourself that it broke a lot of streaks; if it did not, see you tomorrow for #1,973.