The Thursday Wordle is up. We have played puzzle #1,958, 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 and little help from the usual opening words 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 1 yellow; with CRANE, 0 green and 1 yellow.
- 5First letterIt starts with M.
- 6Last letterIt ends with R.
- 7MeaningDictionary clue: A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
Today's Wordle answer
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MOTOR
The answer to Wordle #1,958 for Thursday, October 29, 2026 is MOTOR.
Motor (noun): A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
In a sentence: “The door can close by itself because there's a small motor built into it.”
Yesterday's Wordle
Missed it? The answer to Wordle #1,957 on Wednesday, October 28 was GRIST.
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, Oct 28 · #1,957GRIST
Tue, Oct 27 · #1,956BINGO
Mon, Oct 26 · #1,955GEEKY
Sun, Oct 25 · #1,954DRESS
Sat, Oct 24 · #1,953HOLEY
Fri, Oct 23 · #1,952TRILL
Thu, Oct 22 · #1,951RESET
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.
Come back tomorrow for Wordle #1,959. Until then, the rest of the Puzzles desk is one click away in the section menu.