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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 1 vowel (A, E, I, O or U). No letter repeats.
Hint 2: What kind of word it is
It is usually used as a verb or a noun.
Hint 3: What it means
A dictionary meaning, with the word hidden: (transitive) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat.
Bonus hint: A riddle
What happens to a grape left on the windowsill all summer?
Hint 4: First letter
The word starts with P.
Hint 5: Second letter
The second letter is A.
Hint 6: Last letter
The word ends with H.
Hint 7: Letter pattern
P _ R _ H
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The answer to Wordle #1965 is PARCH.
About this puzzle
- Puzzle number: 1965
- Edited by Tracy Bennett
- This is the first time this word has been the answer.
Yesterday's answer (November 4, 2026)
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Wordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
Word profile: PARCH
- Part of speech: verb, noun
- Syllables: 1
- How common: about 0.05 uses per million words of English, so it is an uncommon word.
Meanings
- (transitive) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat.
- (transitive, colloquial) To make very thirsty.
- (transitive) To burn the surface of, to scorch.
- (transitive) To roast, as dry grain.
- (intransitive) To become superficially burnt; to become sunburned.
Similar words: scorch, sear
Rhymes: starch, cornstarch, demarche
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 1935 past answers
- 285 have the same vowels and repeat pattern (hint 1)
- 19 also start with P (hint 4)
- 5 also end with H (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.
- POUCH (November 3, 2026)
- PSYCH (October 14, 2026)
- CRASH (August 13, 2026)
- PARKA (May 10, 2026)
- LATCH (May 5, 2026)
- BATCH (December 27, 2025)
- CHAIR (September 11, 2025)
- CHIRP (September 8, 2025)
- PITCH (May 19, 2025)
- PATCH (April 20, 2025)
How common these letters are in Wordle
- P appears in 15% of past answers
- A appears in 40% of past answers
- R appears in 36% of past answers
- C appears in 19% of past answers
- H appears in 17% of past answers
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