Today's NYT Wordle lands with puzzle #1957, and a familiar expression can make an otherwise elusive word click into place. Whether you're protecting a streak or trying your first grid, welcome to today's solve.
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 #1957 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): Something useful can come from whatever life throws your way.
Level 2 (The Category): A noun for grain awaiting processing, or material that can be put to useful work.
Level 3 (The Boundaries): Starts with G, ends with T.
Level 4 (The Structure): All five letters are different, and the vowel sits in position 3.
Level 5 (The Giveaway): Grain brought to a mill to be ground into flour.
Quick-Reference Clues
First Letter: G
Last Letter: T
Vowels Present: I
Double Letters: No
Rhymes With: FIST, MIST
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 #1957 is: GRIST
Word DNA: Breaking Down Today's Answer
GRIST means grain intended for grinding, and it also means material that can be turned to useful advantage. A miller processes grist, while a writer can treat an overheard conversation as grist for a story.
Origins: Grist comes from Old English grist, originally meaning the act of grinding, and is related to grind. Its figurative meaning carries that practical idea forward, turning raw material into something useful.
Word Family: gristmill, gristmills
Fun Fact: The expression 'grist for the mill' turns grain processing into a metaphor for making use of experiences or information. That familiar phrase offers a useful memory hook when the standalone word feels harder to retrieve.
The Streak Saver Rating
I'd rate this 3 out of 5, with vocabulary recognition as the main trap factor. GRIST has one vowel and four distinct consonants, and its final four letters also fit WRIST, so a strong ending still leaves room for a wrong turn.
Finding RIST can draw you straight to WRIST because the body part is easy to picture. Before committing, check the evidence for W and G, and keep GRIST in contention if neither opening consonant has been ruled out.
What This Puzzle Teaches
A nearly complete pattern calls for a vocabulary check as well as a letter check. Think of words you know from expressions, then use the grid's evidence to choose between them.
Tomorrow's Reset
Puzzle #1958 drops at midnight in your timezone, Wednesday handing the streak over to a fresh board.
Did GRIST come to mind on its own, or did the mill expression unlock it? Take that recognition trick into your next grid.
See you at midnight for the next challenge.