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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 2 vowels (A, E, I, O or U). It also contains a Y. No letter repeats.
Hint 2: What kind of word it is
It is usually used as an adjective.
Hint 3: What it means
A dictionary meaning, with the word hidden: Having, or being full of, ____.
Bonus hint: A riddle
Swiss cheese's telltale look after a rough date with a knitting needle.
Hint 4: First letter
The word starts with H.
Hint 5: Second letter
The second letter is O.
Hint 6: Last letter
The word ends with Y.
Hint 7: Letter pattern
H _ L _ Y
Show the answer
The answer to Wordle #1953 is HOLEY.
About this puzzle
- Puzzle number: 1953
- Edited by Tracy Bennett
- This is the first time this word has been the answer.
Yesterday's answer (October 23, 2026)
TRILL. Yesterday's hints
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Wordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
Word profile: HOLEY
- Part of speech: adjective
- Syllables: 2
- How common: about 0.05 uses per million words of English, so it is an uncommon word.
Meanings
- Having, or being full of, holes.
Similar words: porous, leaky
Rhymes: lowly, wholly, slowly, holy, prole, unholy, ollie, growly
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 1925 past answers
- 64 have the same vowels and repeat pattern (hint 1)
- 5 also start with H (hint 4)
- 4 also end with Y (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.
- YODEL (October 12, 2026)
- ALLEY (April 12, 2026)
- HOVEL (November 26, 2025)
- HOLLY (October 28, 2025)
- GOOEY (September 28, 2025)
- WHOLE (July 27, 2025)
- MOLDY (July 1, 2025)
- DOPEY (March 23, 2025)
- HOVER (March 1, 2025)
- HILLY (December 7, 2024)
How common these letters are in Wordle
- H appears in 17% of past answers
- O appears in 30% of past answers
- L appears in 28% of past answers
- E appears in 47% of past answers
- Y appears in 16% of past answers
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