Here is our daily Wordle companion for Friday, October 30, 2026: progressive hints for puzzle #1,959, then the answer behind a spoiler shield, then a look back at yesterday.
Our read: a gentler one. Common letters, no traps, and a word most players will see once two or three letters are in place.
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 verb.
- 2VowelsIt has two different vowels.
- 3Repeated lettersNo letter repeats, so every tile is a new letter.
- 4Opening wordsIf you open with SLATE you get 3 green and 0 yellow; with CRANE, 1 green and 0 yellow.
- 5First letterIt starts with S.
- 6Last letterIt ends with E.
- 7MeaningDictionary clue: To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
Today's Wordle answer
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SLIDE
The answer to Wordle #1,959 for Friday, October 30, 2026 is SLIDE.
Slide (verb): To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
In a sentence: “He slid the boat across the grass.”
Yesterday's Wordle
Missed it? The answer to Wordle #1,958 on Thursday, October 29 was MOTOR. 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, Oct 29 · #1,958MOTOR
Wed, Oct 28 · #1,957GRIST
Tue, Oct 27 · #1,956BINGO
Mon, Oct 26 · #1,955GEEKY
Sun, Oct 25 · #1,954DRESS
Sat, Oct 24 · #1,953HOLEY
Fri, Oct 23 · #1,952TRILL
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.
Wordle resets at midnight in your local time zone, so a new puzzle is never far away. We will be back tomorrow with hints for #1,960.