Wordle #1959 hints
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How many vowels?Gentle hint
The answer uses 2 vowels from A, E, I, O and U. It's a verb.
This leaves 7,529 words in our list.
See every 5-letter word with 2 vowels
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Are any letters repeated?Gentle hint
No double letters this time.
After this hint, 4,981 words fit.
See words without repeated letters
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What does it mean?Helpful hint
What happens on a playground when someone sits at the top of a curved metal ramp and lets gravity take over, or when a trombone player works the tube?
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What's the first letter?Helpful hint
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What's the last letter?Strong hint
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Show me the patternStrong hint
SLEFill in the gaps: S L _ _ E. 12 words in our list fit, 7 of them everyday words. See words that fit this pattern
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Play Wordle #1959
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How popular openers scored on #1959
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 #1959
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, SLATE narrowed things down the most, leaving only 9 possible words.
Wordle #1959 answer
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The word for #1959 is SLIDE.
Meaning: To move smoothly along a surface, often without lifting or stepping.
In a sentence: The kids love to run up the ladder and slide down the big yellow playground ramp.
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Word type
- verb
- Vowels
- 2
Very common word with friendly letters and a simple pattern, ending in a familiar E.
Puzzle note
SLATE gave three greens straight away, which locked in S, L and E at the start and the end. Only two gaps were left, and AUDIO's two yellows were the I and the D. When three letters are green, which common pairs could fill the gaps?
How it could be solved in 3 guesses
This route opens with SLATE, then plays words that fit every clue so far, the way Hard Mode works, picking everyday words wherever one fits.
- SLATE3 green, 0 yellow. 9 words still possible.
- SLICE4 green, 0 yellow. 4 words still possible.
- SLIDESolved.
Other words that fit S L _ _ E
These 14 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.
- SLADE
- SLAKE
- SLANE
- SLATE
- SLAVE
- SLICE
- SLIDE
- SLIME
- SLIPE
- SLIVE
- SLOPE
- SLOVE
- SLUSE
- SLYPE
SLIDE by the numbers
- 19 of the last 117 Wordle answers started with S, and 22 ended with E.
- The least common letter in SLIDE, measured across recent answers, is D, which appeared in 16 of 117 answers.
- All five letters are different.
- Hint by hint, the list shrinks from 12,653 words to 7,529, 4,981, 462, 127 and finally 12.
Recent Wordle answers
| Date | Puzzle | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 29 | #1958 | MOTOR |
| Oct 28 | #1957 | GRIST |
| Oct 27 | #1956 | BINGO |
| Oct 26 | #1955 | GEEKY |
| Oct 25 | #1954 | DRESS |
| Oct 24 | #1953 | HOLEY |
| Oct 23 | #1952 | TRILL |
About Wordle
Wordle gives everyone the same five-letter word each day and six tries to find it. Green means right letter and spot, yellow means right letter in the wrong spot, and grey means the letter is not in the word. Past puzzles like this one are a good way to study which letter patterns cost people their streaks.
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Wordle #1959 questions
What was the Wordle answer on October 30, 2026?
The answer to Wordle #1959 on October 30, 2026 was SLIDE. It means: To move smoothly along a surface, often without lifting or stepping.
Was Wordle #1959 hard?
We rated it Easy. Very common word with friendly letters and a simple pattern, ending in a familiar E.
What letters were in Wordle #1959?
SLIDE has 2 vowels and five different letters. It starts with S and ends with E.
How many words fit the Wordle #1959 pattern?
12 words in our 12,653-word list fit S L _ _ E.
How could Wordle #1959 be solved?
One route: SLATE, then SLICE, then SLIDE. That solves it in 3 guesses while keeping every clue.