Stuck on Wordle #1956? Open the hints one at a time. Each one gives away a little more, and the answer is last.
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). 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) A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "____...
Hint 4: First letter
The word starts with B.
Hint 5: Second letter
The second letter is I.
Hint 6: Last letter
The word ends with O.
Hint 7: Letter pattern
B _ N _ O
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The answer to Wordle #1956 is BINGO.
About this puzzle
- Puzzle number: 1956
- Edited by Tracy Bennett
- This is the first time this word has been the answer.
Yesterday's answer (October 26, 2026)
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Wordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
Word profile: BINGO
- Part of speech: noun, verb, adjective
- Syllables: 2
- How common: about 0.72 uses per million words of English, so it is an uncommon word.
Meanings
- (uncountable) A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid.
- (countable) A win in such a game.
- (uncountable) A similar game or amusement in which participants tick off themed words, phrases or pictures as these are called out, or as they are mentioned, for example during a speech or performance:
- Great, sudden, typically hard-to-predict success; the jackpot.
- (countable, Scrabble, US) A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played, awarding a score bonus.
Similar words: beano, lotto, keno
Rhymes: dingo, flamingo, domingo, gringo, ingo, lingo
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 1928 past answers
- 750 have the same vowels and repeat pattern (hint 1)
- 59 also start with B (hint 4)
- 2 also end with O (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.
- BRING (May 2, 2026)
- SINGE (April 3, 2026)
- TINGE (November 13, 2025)
- BANJO (August 1, 2025)
- BILGE (June 13, 2025)
- BONGO (May 14, 2025)
- INBOX (April 19, 2025)
- MANGO (March 12, 2025)
- DINGY (January 11, 2025)
- GOING (November 19, 2024)
How common these letters are in Wordle
- B appears in 11% of past answers
- I appears in 28% of past answers
- N appears in 24% of past answers
- G appears in 13% of past answers
- O appears in 30% of past answers
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