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Very hard Difficulty: very hard, because it is not an everyday word and it uses some less common letters.
Hint 1: Vowels and repeated letters
The word has 0 vowels. It also contains a Y. No letter repeats.
Hint 2: What kind of word it is
It is usually used as a noun or a verb.
Hint 3: What it means
A dictionary meaning, with the word hidden: (uncountable) ____ or ____.
Bonus hint: A riddle
The mind's backstage pass, where thoughts get sorted and feelings find a calm voice.
Hint 4: First letter
The word starts with P.
Hint 5: Second letter
The second letter is S.
Hint 6: Last letter
The word ends with H.
Hint 7: Letter pattern
P _ Y _ H
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The answer to Wordle #1943 is PSYCH.
About this puzzle
- Puzzle number: 1943
- Edited by Tracy Bennett
- This is the first time this word has been the answer.
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Wordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
Word profile: PSYCH
- Part of speech: noun, verb, adjective
- Syllables: 1
- How common: about 0.61 uses per million words of English, so it is an uncommon word.
Meanings
- (uncountable) Psychology or psychiatry.
- (countable) A psychologist; a psychiatrist.
- A psychiatric hospital; psychiatric treatment.
- (transitive, reflexive) To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind (also psych up).
- (transitive) To intimidate (someone) emotionally or using psychology (also psych out).
Rhymes: strike, like, pike, tyke, childlike, dike, alike, lyke
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 1916 past answers
- 3 have the same vowels and repeat pattern (hint 1)
- 0 also start with P (hint 4)
- 0 also end with H (hint 5)
- 0 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.
- PITCH (May 19, 2025)
- PATCH (April 20, 2025)
- PORCH (July 25, 2024)
- PINCH (May 15, 2024)
- PEACH (December 17, 2021)
- PERCH (November 23, 2021)
- SPICY (September 30, 2021)
How common these letters are in Wordle
- P appears in 15% of past answers
- S appears in 26% of past answers
- Y appears in 16% of past answers
- C appears in 19% of past answers
- H appears in 17% of past answers
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