Wordle #1974 hints
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Hints revealed: 0
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How many vowels?Gentle hint
You are looking for 1 vowel, not counting Y. It's an adjective.
Words that still fit: 3,769.
See every 5-letter word with 1 vowel
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Are any letters repeated?Gentle hint
Every letter is used once.
2,504 of 12,653 words survive this hint.
See words without repeated letters
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What does it mean?Helpful hint
You might hear this word in a cheeky British comedy or a flirty joke, describing someone whose mind is firmly in the gutter.
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What's the first letter?Helpful hint
Look for a word beginning with R.
This leaves 73 words in our list.
5-letter words starting with R
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What's the last letter?Strong hint
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Show me the patternStrong hint
RAYThree of five are known: RA at the start and Y at the end. 4 words in our list fit every hint so far, 0 of them everyday words. See those 4 words in the solver
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Play Wordle #1974
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How three well-known openers scored on #1974
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 #1974 (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.
Wordle #1974 answer
From here on, the answer for November 14, 2026 is visible once you tap.
Each tile reveals one letter when tapped.
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The answer to Wordle #1974 is RANDY.
Meaning: Eager for sex; lustful or sexually aroused.
In a sentence: The comedian told a few randy jokes that made the whole audience laugh.
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Word type
- adjective
- Vowels
- 1
Common letters and a simple pattern, but the word is less familiar in American English.
Puzzle note
Three openers, zero greens, a bit rude. A careful player would notice that CRANE gave R, A and N as yellows while AUDIO added D, so pooling the clues leaves just one letter to guess. The word is less familiar in American English, which was the real catch.
Sample solve in 4 guesses (spoiler)
This route opens with CRATE, then plays words that fit every clue so far, the way Hard Mode works, picking everyday words wherever one fits.
- CRATE0 green, 2 yellow. 472 words still possible.
- MARKS1 green, 1 yellow. 65 words still possible.
- RAINY3 green, 1 yellow. 2 words still possible.
- RANDYSolved.
Show matching words (spoiler)
These 9 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.
- RAGGY
- RAINY
- RALLY
- RAMMY
- RANDY
- RANGY
- RASPY
- RATTY
- RAWLY
Answer statistics (spoiler)
- 9 of the 127 Wordle answers in our archive up to this puzzle started with R, and 25 ended with Y.
- The least common letter in RANDY, measured across recent answers, is D, which appeared in 18 of 127 answers.
- All five letters are different.
- Hint by hint, the list shrinks from 12,653 words to 3,769, 2,504, 73, 22 and finally 4.
Recent Wordle answers
| Date | Puzzle | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 13 | #1973 | MOXIE |
| Nov 12 | #1972 | KARAT |
| Nov 11 | #1971 | BLESS |
| Nov 10 | #1970 | TRUCE |
| Nov 9 | #1969 | LOAMY |
| Nov 8 | #1968 | FIRST |
| Nov 7 | #1967 | PRATE |
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 #1974 questions
What was the Wordle answer on November 14, 2026?
The answer to Wordle #1974 on November 14, 2026 was RANDY. It means: Eager for sex; lustful or sexually aroused.
Was Wordle #1974 hard?
We rated it Medium. Common letters and a simple pattern, but the word is less familiar in American English.
What letters were in Wordle #1974?
RANDY has 1 vowel and five different letters. It starts with R and ends with Y.
How many words fit the Wordle #1974 pattern?
4 words in our 12,653-word list fit R A _ _ Y.
How could Wordle #1974 be solved?
One route: CRATE, then MARKS, then RAINY, then RANDY. That solves it in 4 guesses while keeping every clue.