Stuck on Wordle #1967? Open the hints one at a time. Each one gives away a little more, and the answer is last.
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Hard Difficulty: 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 verb or a noun.
Hint 3: What it means
A dictionary meaning, with the word hidden: (ambitransitive) To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly.
Bonus hint: A riddle
A chatterbox’s favorite hobby: filling the air while saying almost nothing.
Hint 4: First letter
The word starts with P.
Hint 5: Second letter
The second letter is R.
Hint 6: Last letter
The word ends with E.
Hint 7: Letter pattern
P _ A _ E
Show the answer
The answer to Wordle #1967 is PRATE.
About this puzzle
- Puzzle number: 1967
- 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: PRATE
- Part of speech: verb, noun
- Syllables: 1
- How common: about 0.09 uses per million words of English, so it is an uncommon word.
Meanings
- (ambitransitive) To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly.
- Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity.
Similar words: prattle, maunder, palaver, chatter, clack, gabble, blabber, twaddle
Rhymes: elucidate, articulate, desolate, facilitate, profligate, explicate, deliberate, delineate
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 1938 past answers
- 754 have the same vowels and repeat pattern (hint 1)
- 48 also start with P (hint 4)
- 18 also end with E (hint 5)
- 4 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.
- PROVE (October 7, 2026)
- PAGER (September 21, 2026)
- ASTER (September 11, 2026)
- PRAWN (August 22, 2026)
- TRACE (August 21, 2026)
- GRAPE (July 26, 2026)
- OVATE (June 22, 2026)
- DRAKE (June 20, 2026)
- PRUDE (April 11, 2026)
- GRADE (March 15, 2026)
How common these letters are in Wordle
- P appears in 15% of past answers
- R appears in 36% of past answers
- A appears in 40% of past answers
- T appears in 30% of past answers
- E appears in 47% of past answers
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