Game #1,956 By FiveLetterWords

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Yesterday: GEEKY

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Yesterday's Wordle answer

GEEKY
Tricky

GEEKY: Resembling or characteristic of a geek.

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Date Game Answer Word difficulty
Oct 26 Mon #1,955 → GEEKY Tricky
Oct 25 Sun #1,954 → DRESS Tricky
Oct 24 Sat #1,953 → HOLEY Hard
Oct 23 Fri #1,952 → TRILL Tricky
Oct 22 Thu #1,951 → RESET Moderate
Oct 21 Wed #1,950 → PENNY Tricky
Oct 20 Tue #1,949 → WREST Tricky
Oct 19 Mon #1,948 → STINK Tricky
Oct 18 Sun #1,947 → ADORN Easy
Oct 17 Sat #1,946 → GAFFE Tricky
Oct 16 Fri #1,945 → SHADY Moderate
Oct 15 Thu #1,944 → DUNCE Tricky
Oct 14 Wed #1,943 → PSYCH Tricky
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On this day in Wordle

Past answers published on October 27 in earlier years. Every puzzle listed here is complete, so this section does not spoil a live game.

  1. 1 year ago
    Hard

    Corpus data records FETID less than once per million words of English, so familiar-looking letters can still hide an uncommon answer.

    Puzzle #1,591 → Word page →

  2. 2 years ago
    Moderate

    A repeat answer: Wordle also used this word on April 4, 2026. A past appearance does not rule out a future answer.

    Puzzle #1,226 → Word page →

  3. 3 years ago
    Easy

    Nothing unusual appears in the letters: all five are distinct and familiar. Ordinary letter coverage works well on words like this.

    Puzzle #860 → Word page →

The Easy-to-Brutal badge combines general-English corpus frequency with repeats, uncommon letters and vowel count. It estimates word difficulty, not player results. Dates come from the site's recorded answer history.

October 2026

Completed everywhere through . The recent-answer table can include newer puzzles already released in your timezone.

25
globally completed puzzles
Tricky
average difficulty
S
most common first letter (4x)
3
repeat answers
Highest estimated difficulty this month
STREW Brutal
Lowest estimated difficulty this month
ADORN Easy
Explore answer trends Common letters and repeat answers

Most common letters in answers

Across 1,955 past puzzles

Starting letter

  1. S 292
  2. C 170
  3. B 147
  4. T 130
  5. A 125
  6. P 119
  7. F 107
  8. G 103
  9. M 96
  10. D 91

Ending letter

  1. E 388
  2. Y 277
  3. T 217
  4. R 166
  5. L 138
  6. H 117
  7. N 113
  8. D 98
  9. K 91
  10. A 54

Answer-history notes

Repeat answers

28 words have appeared more than once among 1,955 past puzzles. These are the 5 longest waits between appearances.

STINK
Jul 3, 2021 → Oct 19, 2026
~5.3 years apart
MAJOR
Jul 9, 2021 → Oct 9, 2026
~5.3 years apart
FORTH
Aug 13, 2021 → Sep 23, 2026
~5.1 years apart
FEIGN
Jul 8, 2021 → Aug 7, 2026
~5.1 years apart
FLUME
Aug 26, 2021 → Jul 30, 2026
~4.9 years apart

Letters not yet used

No past answer has started with: X

No past answer has ended with: J, Q, V

Most common word endings

-ING 16
-LLY 16
-TER 15
-TCH 15
-VER 13
-ATE 12
-ILL 12
-ONE 11