Wordle #1972 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
Today's word has 2 vowels (A, E, I, O or U). 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
Yes. One of the letters is used more than once.
This leaves 2,548 words in our list.
See words with repeated letters
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What does it mean?Helpful hint
Jewelers use this when they tell you how pure the gold in a ring or necklace is, and a higher number means more gold.
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What's the first letter?Helpful hint
The first letter is K.
94 of 12,653 words survive this hint.
5-letter words starting with K
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What's the last letter?Strong hint
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Show me the patternStrong hint
KATThe pattern is K A _ _ T. Two letters left to find. Only one word in our list fits every hint so far. See those 1 word in the solver
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How three well-known openers scored on #1972
Here is what three well-known first guesses would have shown on this puzzle, and how many words each one leaves. Treat it as a medium hint, since the colours give letters away.
Show SLATE, CRANE and AUDIO against Wordle #1972 (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, SLATE narrowed things down the most.
Wordle #1972 answer
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The answer to Wordle #1972 is KARAT.
Meaning: A unit that measures the purity of gold, with pure gold being 24.
In a sentence: The ring was stamped as 14 karat, so I knew it was not pure gold.
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Word type
- noun
- Vowels
- 2
Repeated A and an unusual K spelling, though the word is fairly familiar.
Puzzle note
The puzzle turned when three openers gave no green tiles at all, only yellows. That made the repeated A the tricky part. When a vowel keeps coming up yellow, try a guess that puts it in a new spot and leaves room for a second copy.
Sample solve in 4 guesses (spoiler)
Here is one path through #1972, opening with CRANE. Every guess after the first uses all the colours seen so far.
- CRANE0 green, 2 yellow. 499 words still possible.
- MARTS2 green, 1 yellow. 7 words still possible.
- TARDY2 green, 1 yellow. 1 word still possible.
- KARATSolved.
Show matching words (spoiler)
These 3 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.
- KAPUT
- KARAT
- KARST
Answer statistics (spoiler)
- 1 of the 125 Wordle answers in our archive up to this puzzle started with K, and 13 ended with T.
- The least common letter in KARAT, measured across recent answers, is K, which appeared in 13 of 125 answers.
- It has a repeated letter (A). Repeats are easy to miss because most guesses test five different letters.
- Hint by hint, the list shrinks from 12,653 words to 7,529, 2,548, 94, 1 and finally 1.
Recent Wordle answers
| Date | Puzzle | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 11 | #1971 | BLESS |
| Nov 10 | #1970 | TRUCE |
| Nov 9 | #1969 | LOAMY |
| Nov 8 | #1968 | FIRST |
| Nov 7 | #1967 | PRATE |
| Nov 6 | #1966 | DRECK |
| Nov 5 | #1965 | PARCH |
About Wordle
The New York Times publishes one Wordle a day: five letters, six guesses, and colour clues after each try. Looking back at old answers shows how often double letters and tricky endings turn up, which helps on the next puzzle.
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Wordle #1972 questions
What was the Wordle answer on November 12, 2026?
The answer to Wordle #1972 on November 12, 2026 was KARAT. It means: A unit that measures the purity of gold, with pure gold being 24.
Was Wordle #1972 hard?
We rated it Medium. Repeated A and an unusual K spelling, though the word is fairly familiar.
What letters were in Wordle #1972?
KARAT has 2 vowels and the repeated letter A. It starts with K and ends with T.
How many words fit the Wordle #1972 pattern?
Only one word in our 12,653-word list fit K A _ _ T.
How could Wordle #1972 be solved?
One route: CRANE, then MARTS, then TARDY, then KARAT. That solves it in 4 guesses while keeping every clue.