Wordle #1961 hints
Start at the top. The first hints are gentle, the last ones nearly solve it, and each one shows how many words are still possible.
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How many vowels?Gentle hint
Count the vowels and you get 2. It's a noun.
After this hint, 7,529 words fit.
See every 5-letter word with 2 vowels
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Are any letters repeated?Gentle hint
No, all five letters are different.
This leaves 4,981 words in our list.
See words without repeated letters
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What does it mean?Helpful hint
Spot it coiled in a desert rock pile, or hear a warning about it in a nature documentary, and you'll soon see why hikers worry about its bite.
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What's the first letter?Helpful hint
V goes in the first box.
124 of 12,653 words survive this hint.
5-letter words starting with V
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What's the last letter?Strong hint
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Show me the patternStrong hint
VIRThe pattern is V I _ _ R. Two letters left to find. 7 words in our list fit, 5 of them everyday words. See words that fit this pattern
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How popular openers scored on #1961
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 #1961
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 #1961 answer
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Wordle #1961 is VIPER.
Meaning: A viper is a venomous snake with long, hollow fangs, found in many parts of the world.
In a sentence: The hiker froze when she saw a viper stretched out on the warm trail ahead.
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Word type
- noun
- Vowels
- 2
Common word with friendly letters, though the V and P can feel a bit unusual.
Puzzle note
When your openers give only yellows, start testing the unusual letters like V and P. Here, SLATE, CRANE and AUDIO produced no greens at all, so the shape of VIPER only appeared once those odd letters finally got a turn. Friendly word, sneaky start.
How it could be solved in 4 guesses
Here is one path through #1961, opening with SAINT. Every guess after the first uses all the colours seen so far.
- SAINT0 green, 1 yellow. 539 words still possible.
- RILED2 green, 1 yellow. 25 words still possible.
- FIVER3 green, 1 yellow. 1 word still possible.
- VIPERSolved.
Other words that fit V I _ _ R
These 9 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.
- VICAR
- VIGOR
- VILER
- VINER
- VIPER
- VISOR
- VIVER
- VIZIR
- VIZOR
VIPER by the numbers
- 2 of the last 117 Wordle answers started with V, and 12 ended with R.
- The least common letter in VIPER, measured across recent answers, is V, which appeared in 9 of 117 answers.
- All five letters are different.
- Hint by hint, the list shrinks from 12,653 words to 7,529, 4,981, 124, 15 and finally 7.
Recent Wordle answers
| Date | Puzzle | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 31 | #1960 | YAHOO |
| Oct 30 | #1959 | SLIDE |
| Oct 29 | #1958 | MOTOR |
| Oct 28 | #1957 | GRIST |
| Oct 27 | #1956 | BINGO |
| Oct 26 | #1955 | GEEKY |
| Oct 25 | #1954 | DRESS |
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 #1961 questions
What was the Wordle answer on November 1, 2026?
The answer to Wordle #1961 on November 1, 2026 was VIPER. It means: A viper is a venomous snake with long, hollow fangs, found in many parts of the world.
Was Wordle #1961 hard?
We rated it Easy. Common word with friendly letters, though the V and P can feel a bit unusual.
What letters were in Wordle #1961?
VIPER has 2 vowels and five different letters. It starts with V and ends with R.
How many words fit the Wordle #1961 pattern?
7 words in our 12,653-word list fit V I _ _ R.
How could Wordle #1961 be solved?
One route: SAINT, then RILED, then FIVER, then VIPER. That solves it in 4 guesses while keeping every clue.