Today's NYT Wordle lands with puzzle #1935, and a familiar word rewards a careful look beyond your first idea. Whether you're protecting a streak or trying your first grid, welcome to today's challenge.
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 #1935 awaits.
The Letter Rundown
Today's puzzle breaks down like this:
Vowel Count: 1 vowel(s)
Consonant Count: 4 consonant(s)
Repeated Letters: No repeats today
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): Think of something hovering at the edge of awareness.
Level 2 (The Category): An adverb describing faint light or unclear perception.
Level 3 (The Boundaries): Starts with D, ends with Y.
Level 4 (The Structure): All five letters are different, and the vowel sits in position 2.
Level 5 (The Giveaway): In a way that is poorly lit or only vaguely understood.
Quick-Reference Clues
First Letter: D
Last Letter: Y
Vowels Present: I
Double Letters: No
Rhymes With: GRIMLY, PRIMLY
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 #1935 is: DIMLY
Word DNA: Breaking Down Today's Answer
DIMLY means with little light or without clear perception. A hallway can be dimly lit, and you can dimly remember a conversation from years ago.
Origins: DIMLY combines dim, which comes from Old English dim meaning dark or obscure, with the adverb-forming suffix -ly.
Word Family: dim, dimmer, dimmest, dimness, dimmed, dimming
Fun Fact: DIMLY works for both physical light and mental clarity, so a dimly lit room and a dimly recalled memory share the same word. That familiar flexibility makes it easy to recognize once the grid brings it into focus.
The Streak Saver Rating
I'd rate this 3 out of 5, with a doubled-letter detour as the trap factor. The I in second position and Y at the end can suggest words such as SILLY or HILLY, while DIMLY uses five distinct letters.
Once I and the final Y are established, cycling through doubled-L guesses can consume turns without testing M. If your clues allow it, SLIME probes M, L, and S together, helping you assess that route before committing to another similar ending.
What This Puzzle Teaches
Treat a familiar ending as a possibility, then let the feedback establish its spelling. Before spending another turn on a repeated letter, consider whether testing a fresh consonant would distinguish your remaining ideas.
Tomorrow's Reset
Puzzle #1936 drops at midnight in your timezone, Tuesday handing the streak over to a fresh board.
Did DIMLY come into focus early, or did a doubled-letter guess send you down a side path? Take the useful clue forward and give tomorrow's grid a fresh start.
See you at midnight for the next challenge.
