Today's NYT Wordle lands with puzzle #1958, and a familiar everyday word rewards a careful look at the clues. 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 #1958 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 O 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): Think of something quietly keeping everyday life moving.
Level 2 (The Category): A noun for a machine that converts energy into movement.
Level 3 (The Boundaries): Starts with M, ends with R.
Level 4 (The Structure): One letter appears twice, once in position 2 and again in position 4.
Level 5 (The Giveaway): The device inside an electric fan that makes its blades spin.
Quick-Reference Clues
First Letter: M
Last Letter: R
Vowels Present: O
Double Letters: Yes - O
Rhymes With: VOTER, BOATER
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 #1958 is: MOTOR
Word DNA: Breaking Down Today's Answer
MOTOR is a machine that converts energy into mechanical motion. You might replace a faulty washing machine motor or hear a fan’s motor humming.
Origins: Motor comes from the Latin motor, meaning a mover, from movere, meaning to move. Its mechanical meaning keeps that original idea of something causing movement.
Word Family: motors, motoring, motorist, motorize, motorized
Fun Fact: Motor also works as a verb, as in motoring along a country road. That everyday familiarity makes it easy to recognize once the grid reveals its repeated vowel.
The Streak Saver Rating
I’d rate this 2 out of 5 for difficulty, with a repeated-vowel trap. The O appears in both the second and fourth positions, so a search focused on fresh vowels can miss the structure.
Finding one O can tempt you to treat the vowel search as finished, even though MOTOR needs two. Keep a second O in consideration, and use guesses that test unresolved consonants instead of automatically cycling through unused vowels.
What This Puzzle Teaches
A confirmed letter settles its presence, not its total count. When fresh-letter guesses stop producing useful clues, revisit repeats and let the feedback determine how many copies belong.
Tomorrow's Reset
Puzzle #1959 drops at midnight in your timezone, Thursday handing the streak over to a fresh board.
Did MOTOR click into place early, or did the second O hold you up? Take that reminder about repeats into your next grid.
See you at midnight for the next challenge.