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Monday, October 12, 2026. Difficulty: Medium

Wordle #1941 Hints and Answer

Hints and the answer for Wordle #1941, played on Monday, October 12, 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 #1941 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

    Think of a way of singing that quickly flips between a normal chest voice and a high, squeaky falsetto, made famous in the Alps.

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  4. What's the first letter?Helpful hint

    It starts with Y.

    5-letter words starting with Y

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  5. What's the last letter?Strong hint

    It ends with L.

    5-letter words ending with L

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  6. Show me the patternStrong hint
    YOL

    The pattern is Y O _ _ L. Two letters left to find. See words that fit this pattern

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How popular openers scored on #1941

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 #1941
SLATE
0 green, 2 yellow. 243 words left
CRANE
0 green, 1 yellow. 1,268 words left
AUDIO
1 green, 1 yellow. 53 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, AUDIO narrowed things down the most.

Wordle #1941 answer

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YODEL

The answer to Wordle #1941 is YODEL.

Meaning: To sing by switching rapidly back and forth between a low natural voice and a high falsetto.

In a sentence: We heard him yodel from the porch of the mountain cabin every morning.

Difficulty
Medium
Word type
verb
Vowels
2

Common letters but two vowels spaced apart, and the word itself is fairly uncommon.

Other words that fit Y O _ _ L

These 3 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.

  • YODEL
  • YOKEL
  • YOKUL
YODEL by the numbers
  • 1 of the last 106 Wordle answers started with Y, and 7 ended with L.
  • The least common letter in YODEL, measured across recent answers, is D, which appeared in 14 of 106 answers.
  • All five letters are different.

Recent Wordle answers

DatePuzzleAnswer
Oct 11#1940UNCAP
Oct 10#1939BUMPY
Oct 9#1938MAJOR
Oct 8#1937STREW
Oct 7#1936PROVE
Oct 6#1935DIMLY
Oct 5#1934MOCHA

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 #1941 questions

What was the Wordle answer on October 12, 2026?

The answer to Wordle #1941 on October 12, 2026 was YODEL. It means: To sing by switching rapidly back and forth between a low natural voice and a high falsetto.

Was Wordle #1941 hard?

We rated it Medium. Common letters but two vowels spaced apart, and the word itself is fairly uncommon.

What letters were in Wordle #1941?

YODEL has 2 vowels and five different letters. It starts with Y and ends with L.