Stuck on Wordle #1938? Open the hints one at a time. Each one gives away a little more, and the answer is last.
Hard Difficulty: hard, because it uses some less common letters.
Hint 1: Vowels and repeated letters
The word has 2 vowels (A, E, I, O or U). No letter repeats.
Hint 2: What kind of word it is
It is usually used as an adjective or a noun.
Hint 3: What it means
A dictionary meaning, with the word hidden: Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.
Hint 4: First letter
The word starts with M.
Hint 5: Second letter
The second letter is A.
Hint 6: Last letter
The word ends with R.
Hint 7: Letter pattern
M _ J _ R
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The answer to Wordle #1938 is MAJOR.
About this puzzle
- Puzzle number: 1938
- Edited by Tracy Bennett
- This word was also the answer on July 9, 2021.
Yesterday's answer (October 8, 2026)
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Wordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
Word profile: MAJOR
- Part of speech: adjective, noun, verb
- Syllables: 2
- How common: about 167.68 uses per million words of English, so it is a very common word.
Meanings
- Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.
- Prominent or significant in size, amount, or degree.
- (attributive):
- Greater in number, quantity, or extent.
- (medicine) Involving great risk, serious, life-threatening.
Similar words: great, better, outstanding
Rhymes: agger, cager, rampager, teenager, gauger, ager
How would your starting word have done?
Here is the first-row result today's answer would give for some popular opening words.
How much each hint narrows it down
Using the list of past Wordle answers as the word list, this is how many words would still fit after each hint.
- All 1912 past answers
- 746 have the same vowels and repeat pattern (hint 1)
- 40 also start with M (hint 4)
- 7 also end with R (hint 5)
- 1 also match the letter pattern (hint 6)
Past answers that look like today's
Earlier answers that share at least three letters in the same spots, or four of the same letters.
- CAROM (April 10, 2026)
- MAKER (November 19, 2025)
- MORAL (April 16, 2025)
- SAVOR (June 25, 2024)
- MAYOR (March 26, 2024)
- MASON (October 28, 2023)
- MOLAR (December 30, 2022)
- MANOR (May 31, 2022)
- AROMA (February 15, 2022)
- FAVOR (January 12, 2022)
How common these letters are in Wordle
- M appears in 13% of past answers
- A appears in 40% of past answers
- J appears in 1% of past answers
- O appears in 30% of past answers
- R appears in 36% of past answers
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