Wordle #1966 hints
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How many vowels?Gentle hint
Count the vowels and you get 1. It's a noun.
3,769 of 12,653 words survive this hint.
See every 5-letter word with 1 vowel
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Are any letters repeated?Gentle hint
No repeats today: five different letters.
Words that still fit: 2,504.
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What does it mean?Helpful hint
Say this word when you spot a heap of cheap, worthless stuff that a critic would sniff at, like a bargain-bin movie or a tacky souvenir.
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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
DRKYou have D, R and K in place. Only the middle two are missing. 5 words in our list fit every hint so far, 3 of them everyday words. See those 5 words in the solver
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How three well-known openers scored on #1966
Wondering whether your opener was unlucky? These are the colours SLATE, CRANE and AUDIO get on this word, with the number of possible words left after each.
Show SLATE, CRANE and AUDIO against Wordle #1966 (gives away letters)
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, leaving only 8 possible words.
Wordle #1966 answer
Careful: the sections below reveal the Wordle answer for November 6, 2026.
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The word for #1966 is DRECK.
Meaning: Trash or rubbish, or something of very poor quality.
In a sentence: I spent the whole weekend sorting through the dreck in my uncle's garage.
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Word type
- noun
- Vowels
- 1
Uncommon Yiddish-origin word, but the letters are simple and the DR start helps.
Puzzle note
This one is an uncommon word of Yiddish origin, though the letters are plain and the DR start helps. A careful player would notice that AUDIO barely scored, which hints at a word with just one vowel, so it pays to try consonant clusters early. Medium, then.
Sample solve in 4 guesses (spoiler)
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.
- SLATE0 green, 1 yellow. 808 words still possible.
- PORED0 green, 3 yellow. 9 words still possible.
- DECRY1 green, 3 yellow. 1 word still possible.
- DRECKSolved.
Show matching words (spoiler)
These 7 words all share the first two letters and the last letter of this puzzle's answer, so any of them could be a sensible guess on the way. The answer is highlighted.
- DRACK
- DRANK
- DRECK
- DRINK
- DROOK
- DROUK
- DRUNK
Answer statistics (spoiler)
- 7 of the 119 Wordle answers in our archive up to this puzzle started with D, and 8 ended with K.
- The least common letter in DRECK, measured across recent answers, is K, which appeared in 12 of 119 answers.
- All five letters are different.
- Hint by hint, the list shrinks from 12,653 words to 3,769, 2,504, 153, 5 and finally 5.
Recent Wordle answers
| Date | Puzzle | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 5 | #1965 | PARCH |
| Nov 4 | #1964 | NUTTY |
| Nov 3 | #1963 | POUCH |
| Nov 2 | #1962 | SCOOT |
| Nov 1 | #1961 | VIPER |
| Oct 31 | #1960 | YAHOO |
| Oct 30 | #1959 | SLIDE |
About Wordle
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Wordle #1966 questions
What was the Wordle answer on November 6, 2026?
The answer to Wordle #1966 on November 6, 2026 was DRECK. It means: Trash or rubbish, or something of very poor quality.
Was Wordle #1966 hard?
We rated it Medium. Uncommon Yiddish-origin word, but the letters are simple and the DR start helps.
What letters were in Wordle #1966?
DRECK has 1 vowel and five different letters. It starts with D and ends with K.
How many words fit the Wordle #1966 pattern?
5 words in our 12,653-word list fit D R _ _ K.
How could Wordle #1966 be solved?
One route: SLATE, then PORED, then DECRY, then DRECK. That solves it in 4 guesses while keeping every clue.