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Wednesday, October 7, 2026. Difficulty: Easy

Wordle #1936 Hints and Answer

Hints and the answer for Wordle #1936, played on Wednesday, October 7, 2026. The hints run from a gentle nudge to the letter pattern, and the answer is kept in the spoiler zone further down.

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Wordle #1936 hints

The hints run from gentle to giveaway. Open one, go back to your game, and only come back if you're still stuck.

  1. How many vowels?Gentle hint

    Today's word has 2 vowels (A, E, I, O or U). It's a verb.

    See every 5-letter word with 2 vowels

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  2. Are any letters repeated?Gentle hint

    No, all five letters are different.

    See words without repeated letters

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  3. What does it mean?Helpful hint

    Show with evidence or reasoning that something is true.

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  4. What's the first letter?Helpful hint

    It starts with P.

    5-letter words starting with P

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  5. What's the last letter?Strong hint

    It ends with E.

    5-letter words ending with E

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  6. Show me the patternStrong hint
    PRE

    The pattern is P R _ _ E. Two letters left to find. See words that fit this pattern

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How popular openers scored on #1936

Curious how the most-used starting words do against this puzzle? This shows the colours each one would get and how many 5-letter words would still be possible after it. It gives away letters, so treat it as a medium-strength hint.

Show SLATE, CRANE and AUDIO against Wordle #1936
SLATE
1 green, 0 yellow. 424 words left
CRANE
2 green, 0 yellow. 76 words left
AUDIO
0 green, 1 yellow. 1,544 words left

Counts come from the 12,653 five-letter words in our Wordle solver list, which includes rare words the NYT never picks, so the real field is smaller. On this puzzle, CRANE narrowed things down the most.

Wordle #1936 answer

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PROVE

The answer to Wordle #1936 is PROVE.

Meaning: To show, by evidence or argument, that something is true or correct; also, to turn out to be a certain way.

In a sentence: The test results will prove that the new medicine works.

Difficulty
Easy
Word type
verb
Vowels
2

Common everyday word with familiar letters and no repeated letters.

Other words that fit P R _ _ E

These 19 words all share the first two letters and last letter of this puzzle's answer, so they are the ones players most often guess on the way. The answer is highlighted.

  • PRASE
  • PRATE
  • PRESE
  • PREVE
  • PRICE
  • PRIDE
  • PRIME
  • PRISE
  • PRIZE
  • PROBE
  • PROKE
  • PROLE
  • PRONE
  • PRORE
  • PROSE
  • PROVE
  • PRUDE
  • PRUNE
  • PRYSE
PROVE by the numbers
  • 13 of the last 106 Wordle answers started with P, and 21 ended with E.
  • The least common letter in PROVE, measured across recent answers, is V, which appeared in 8 of 106 answers.
  • All five letters are different.

Recent Wordle answers

DatePuzzleAnswer
Oct 6#1935DIMLY
Oct 5#1934MOCHA
Oct 4#1933SHACK
Oct 3#1932PEEVE
Oct 2#1931USURY
Oct 1#1930RITZY
Sep 30#1929RIVER

All past Wordle answers

About Wordle

Wordle is a daily five-letter word puzzle published by The New York Times. You have six guesses, and each letter turns green, yellow or grey to show how close it is. Every player gets the same word each day, which is why archives like this one are useful for checking past answers and spotting patterns. New to the game? Read how to play Wordle, or see which starting words work best on real answers.

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Wordle #1936 questions

What was the Wordle answer on October 7, 2026?

The answer to Wordle #1936 on October 7, 2026 was PROVE. It means: To show, by evidence or argument, that something is true or correct; also, to turn out to be a certain way.

Was Wordle #1936 hard?

We rated it Easy. Common everyday word with familiar letters and no repeated letters.

What letters were in Wordle #1936?

PROVE has 2 vowels and five different letters. It starts with P and ends with E.