Today's NYT Wordle lands with puzzle #1932, and a familiar word brings a small but stubborn twist to today's challenge. Whether you're protecting a streak or joining your first game, there's room to work through it calmly.
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 #1932 awaits.
The Letter Rundown
Today's puzzle breaks down like this:
Vowel Count: 3 vowel(s)
Consonant Count: 2 consonant(s)
Repeated Letters: Yes - the letter E appears three times
Letter Rarity: Mostly common letters, with V the least frequent of the set
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): Something small has managed to get under your skin.
Level 2 (The Category): A noun for an annoyance, or a verb meaning to irritate.
Level 3 (The Boundaries): Starts with P, ends with E.
Level 4 (The Structure): One letter appears three times, in positions 2, 3 and 5.
Level 5 (The Giveaway): A particular irritation you complain about, often described as your pet annoyance.
Quick-Reference Clues
First Letter: P
Last Letter: E
Vowels Present: E
Double Letters: Yes - E (three times)
Rhymes With: LEAVE, SLEEVE, GRIEVE
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 #1932 is: PEEVE
Word DNA: Breaking Down Today's Answer
PEEVE is an annoyance or grievance, especially a particular recurring irritation. Someone's pet peeve could be loud chewing or a shopping cart abandoned in a parking space.
PEEVE also works as a verb meaning to annoy or irritate. You could say that constant interruptions peeve you.
Origins: Peeve was formed by shortening the older adjective peevish, meaning irritable or bad-tempered. The deeper origin of peevish is uncertain.
Word Family: peeves, peeved, peeving, peevish, peevishly, peevishness
Fun Fact: In the expression pet peeve, pet marks an annoyance as a particular personal concern. That familiar phrase makes the word easy to recognize once Wordle's repeated letters fall into place.
The Streak Saver Rating
I'd rate this 3 out of 5 for the repetition trap. E occupies the second, third, and fifth positions, so a search focused on distinct letters can overlook the structure.
Finding an E can tempt you to spend every remaining guess hunting for different vowels. PEEVE rewards checking whether that confirmed vowel belongs in several slots, including an adjacent pair.
Use the feedback from each guess to track how many copies of E remain possible. A gray E alongside a yellow or green E limits the copies in that guess; it doesn't erase the confirmed letter.
What This Puzzle Teaches
Keep repeated letters in your candidate list as soon as the feedback supports them. Testing fresh letters is useful, but it shouldn't become a rule that every remaining slot needs something new.
Tomorrow's Reset
Puzzle #1933 drops at midnight in your timezone, Saturday handing the streak over to a fresh board.
Did PEEVE click early, or did its repeated vowel keep you circling? Take the lesson into tomorrow's grid and give your streak a fresh start.
See you at midnight for the next challenge.
