Stuck on Wordle #1958? Open the hints one at a time. Each one gives away a little more, and the answer is last.
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Medium Difficulty: medium, because it has a repeated letter and it uses some less common letters.
Hint 1: Vowels and repeated letters
The word has 2 vowels (A, E, I, O or U). One letter appears more than once.
Hint 2: What kind of word it is
It is usually used as a noun or an adjective.
Hint 3: What it means
A dictionary meaning, with the word hidden: A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
Bonus hint: A riddle
I turn tucked-away energy into helpful motion, humming quietly while doing the heavy lifting.
Hint 4: First letter
The word starts with M.
Hint 5: Second letter
The second letter is O.
Hint 6: Last letter
The word ends with R.
Hint 7: Letter pattern
M _ T _ R
Show the answer
The answer to Wordle #1958 is MOTOR.
About this puzzle
- Puzzle number: 1958
- Edited by Tracy Bennett
- This word was also the answer on October 8, 2021.
Yesterday's answer (October 28, 2026)
GRIST. 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: MOTOR
- Part of speech: noun, adjective, verb
- Syllables: 2
- How common: about 35.3 uses per million words of English, so it is a very common word.
Meanings
- A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
- (now colloquial outside attributive use) A motor car, or automobile, sometimes extended to other powered vehicles, such as goods vehicles.
- (figuratively) A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.
- (biology) Relating to the ability to move.
- (nautical) Propelled by an internal combustion engine (as opposed to a steam engine or turbine).
Similar words: drive, motive, causative, centrifugal
Rhymes: promoter, boater, rotor, bloater, totear, floater, locomotor, toter
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 1929 past answers
- 284 have the same vowels and repeat pattern (hint 1)
- 15 also start with M (hint 4)
- 2 also end with R (hint 5)
- 2 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.
- MAJOR (October 9, 2026)
- MOTIF (August 4, 2026)
- MOVER (May 16, 2026)
- MOTEL (November 1, 2025)
- METER (August 19, 2024)
- STORM (August 17, 2024)
- TUTOR (May 17, 2024)
- MAYOR (March 26, 2024)
- ACTOR (November 11, 2023)
- METRO (April 26, 2023)
How common these letters are in Wordle
- M appears in 13% of past answers
- O appears in 30% of past answers
- T appears in 30% of past answers
- R appears in 36% of past answers
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