Today's Wordle Answer for November 9, 2026

Today's Wordle hints

Three clues, from gentle to giveaway. Open one at a time.

Our Wordle difficulty scale

The same test for every puzzle, so days can be compared. The NYT does not publish how many players solve each one, so this is our own measure, and here is how it works.

• EasyOur solver needed three guesses or fewer.38% of 1,944 past answers
• MediumFour guesses: most players get there with room to spare.38% of 1,944 past answers
• TrickyFive guesses: the letters fit several common words.17% of 1,944 past answers
• HardSix or more: a rare word, or one of many look-alikes.7% of 1,944 past answers

Our solver opens with LATER, the starting word that finds the most letters across past answers, then always plays the most common English word that still fits the colours. A common word with common letters falls in two or three guesses; a rare word, or one with many look-alikes (-IGHT, -OUND), takes five or more. Across all past answers it needed 3.89 guesses on average.

Every past Wordle answer

All answers before today's, newest first, with our difficulty for each. Every word links to its page, with its meaning and the words inside it.