Today's NYT Wordle lands with puzzle #1931, and a compact word carries a sharper challenge than its familiar meaning suggests. Whether you're protecting a streak or joining for the first time, there's room to work through the clues carefully.
The Basics (For New Players)
Wordle gives you six attempts to crack a five-letter word. After each guess, tiles change color: green means right letter, right spot; yellow signals right letter, wrong position; gray indicates the letter isn't in the word at all. One puzzle per day, shared by millions worldwide. That's the beauty of it.
Created by Josh Wardle in 2021 and now part of The New York Times Games family, Wordle has become a daily ritual for word lovers everywhere. Today's puzzle #1931 awaits.
The Letter Rundown
Today's puzzle breaks down like this:
Vowel Count: 2 vowel(s)
Consonant Count: 3 consonant(s)
Repeated Letters: Yes - the letter U appears twice
Letter Rarity: All common letters
The Elimination Game (Progressive Hints)
We've designed these hints to reveal just enough at each level. Stop when you've got it figured out.
Level 1 (The Vibe): Someone gets help today and a painfully expensive bill tomorrow.
Level 2 (The Category): A noun for lending money on exploitative terms.
Level 3 (The Boundaries): Starts with U, ends with Y.
Level 4 (The Structure): One letter appears twice, once in position 1 and again in position 3.
Level 5 (The Giveaway): The practice of charging excessively high interest on a loan.
Quick-Reference Clues
First Letter: U
Last Letter: Y
Vowels Present: U
Double Letters: Yes - U
Rhymes With: NONE
Today's Wordle Answer
Final warning: The answer is directly below. Scroll only if you're ready.
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The answer to Wordle #1931 is: USURY
Word DNA: Breaking Down Today's Answer
USURY means lending money at excessively high interest. You might encounter the word in a discussion of predatory loans or a criticism of a lender's punishing charges.
Origins: The word reached English through French from Latin usura, meaning interest or payment for the use of money. Its earlier meaning covered interest generally, while its modern everyday sense emphasizes excessive charges.
Word Family: usurer, usurers, usurious, usuriously
Fun Fact: A usurer is the lender, while usurious describes the lending terms. Those longer relatives offer a useful vocabulary connection, but the short noun gives Wordle a tight pattern with a repeated vowel.
The Streak Saver Rating
I'd rate this 4 out of 5 for its repeated-vowel trap. U occupies both the first and third positions, with Y at the end, so a search focused on five different letters can miss the required structure.
The trap is finding one U and treating that discovery as complete. Once the feedback supports it, test a second U in another position and read the two tiles together, because a yellow U does not rule out a duplicate.
What This Puzzle Teaches
Use early guesses to find letters, then let the feedback decide when to test repetition. A confirmed vowel can deserve another slot just as much as an untested consonant deserves a first look.
Tomorrow's Reset
Puzzle #1932 drops at midnight in your timezone, Friday handing the streak over to a fresh board.
Did USURY click from the meaning, or did the second U unlock it? Take that repeat-letter lesson into your next grid.
See you at midnight for the next challenge.
