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Wordle Answers: October 2026

Browse all 21 completed answers from October 2026, with a page for each puzzle's definition, difficulty and solver replay.

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DateDayPuzzleAnswerWord difficulty
Oct 21, 2026 Wednesday #1,950 → PENNY Tricky
Oct 20, 2026 Tuesday #1,949 → WREST Tricky
Oct 19, 2026 Monday #1,948 → STINK Used 2 times Tricky
Oct 18, 2026 Sunday #1,947 → ADORN Easy
Oct 17, 2026 Saturday #1,946 → GAFFE Tricky
Oct 16, 2026 Friday #1,945 → SHADY Moderate
Oct 15, 2026 Thursday #1,944 → DUNCE Tricky
Oct 14, 2026 Wednesday #1,943 → PSYCH Tricky
Oct 13, 2026 Tuesday #1,942 → WIDER Moderate
Oct 12, 2026 Monday #1,941 → YODEL Hard
Oct 11, 2026 Sunday #1,940 → UNCAP Brutal
Oct 10, 2026 Saturday #1,939 → BUMPY Moderate
Oct 9, 2026 Friday #1,938 → MAJOR Used 2 times Moderate
Oct 8, 2026 Thursday #1,937 → STREW Brutal
Oct 7, 2026 Wednesday #1,936 → PROVE Used 2 times Moderate
Oct 6, 2026 Tuesday #1,935 → DIMLY Tricky
Oct 5, 2026 Monday #1,934 → MOCHA Tricky
Oct 4, 2026 Sunday #1,933 → SHACK Tricky
Oct 3, 2026 Saturday #1,932 → PEEVE Hard
Oct 2, 2026 Friday #1,931 → USURY Tricky
Oct 1, 2026 Thursday #1,930 → RITZY Hard

On this day in Wordle

Past answers published on October 22 in earlier years. Every puzzle listed here is complete, so this section does not spoil a live game.

  1. 1 year ago
    Tricky

    The doubled T raises the difficulty. Once a letter shows up yellow or green, few players try it a second time unprompted.

    Puzzle #1,586 → Word page →

  2. 2 years ago
    Easy

    A trap-family answer: 5 answers fit the pattern S_OUT, so four green tiles can still leave several candidates.

    Puzzle #1,221 → Word page →

  3. 3 years ago
    Moderate

    Nothing unusual appears in the letters: all five are distinct and familiar. Ordinary letter coverage works well on words like this.

    Puzzle #855 → Word page →

The Easy-to-Brutal badge combines general-English corpus frequency with repeats, uncommon letters and vowel count. It estimates word difficulty, not player results. Dates come from the site's recorded answer history.

Archive totals

21 Answers
P Most common start (4)
Y Most common end (6)
UNCAP Highest estimated difficulty

Estimated word difficulty combines wordfreq corpus frequency with repeats, uncommon letters and vowel count. It measures word properties, not player results. Compare solver difficulty →

  • Easy 1
  • Moderate 5
  • Tricky 10
  • Hard 3
  • Brutal 2

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