Here is our daily Wordle companion for Friday, November 13, 2026: progressive hints for puzzle #1,973, then the answer behind a spoiler shield, then a look back at yesterday.
Our read: a tough one. Watch out for the letter X and little help from the usual opening words; this is a day to slow down and use your fourth guess carefully.
Hints for today's Wordle
Read one at a time and stop as soon as something clicks. The hints get more revealing as you go down.
- 1Part of speechToday's word is a noun.
- 2VowelsIt has three different vowels.
- 3Repeated lettersNo letter repeats, so every tile is a new letter.
- 4Opening wordsIf you open with SLATE you get 1 green and 0 yellow; with CRANE, 1 green and 0 yellow.
- 5First letterIt starts with M.
- 6Last letterIt ends with E.
- 7MeaningDictionary clue: Nerve, spunk, strength of character.
Today's Wordle answer
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MOXIE
The answer to Wordle #1,973 for Friday, November 13, 2026 is MOXIE.
Moxie (noun): Nerve, spunk, strength of character.
Yesterday's Wordle
Missed it? The answer to Wordle #1,972 on Thursday, November 12 was KARAT. Our hints and write-up for yesterday's puzzle are still up if you want to replay it.
Recent Wordle answers
Wordle never repeats a past answer, so the last week of solutions is a small but real edge: anything below is off the table.
Thu, Nov 12 · #1,972KARAT
Wed, Nov 11 · #1,971BLESS
Tue, Nov 10 · #1,970TRUCE
Mon, Nov 9 · #1,969LOAMY
Sun, Nov 8 · #1,968FIRST
Sat, Nov 7 · #1,967PRATE
Fri, Nov 6 · #1,966DRECK
How Wordle works
You have six guesses to find a five-letter word. After each guess the tiles turn green for a right letter in the right place, yellow for a right letter in the wrong place and grey for a letter that is not in the word. One puzzle is published a day, and it changes at midnight in your local time zone; today's was edited by Tracy Bennett at The New York Times.
A good opener uses common letters and at least two vowels: SLATE, CRANE, AUDIO and ADIEU are popular for a reason. Treat your second guess as a second probe rather than an attempt to win, and remember that letters can repeat.
Come back tomorrow for Wordle #1,974. Until then, the rest of the Puzzles desk is one click away in the section menu.