Today's NYT Wordle lands with puzzle #1967, and a familiar-looking word shape hides a less familiar bit of vocabulary. Whether you're protecting a streak or joining your first game, there's room to work toward this one with careful guesses.
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 #1967 awaits.
The Letter Rundown
Today's puzzle breaks down like this:
Vowel Count: 2 vowel(s)
Consonant Count: 3 consonant(s)
Repeated Letters: No repeats today
Letter Rarity: Mostly common letters, with P 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): Think of talk that keeps going long after you've stopped listening.
Level 2 (The Category): A verb for talking at length with little substance.
Level 3 (The Boundaries): Starts with P, ends with E.
Level 4 (The Structure): All five letters are different, and the vowels sit in positions 3 and 5.
Level 5 (The Giveaway): To chatter on foolishly or tediously, saying plenty without saying much.
Quick-Reference Clues
First Letter: P
Last Letter: E
Vowels Present: A, E
Double Letters: No
Rhymes With: GATE, LATE, PLATE
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 #1967 is: PRATE
Word DNA: Breaking Down Today's Answer
PRATE means to talk foolishly or at tedious length. Someone can prate about their achievements or prate on about a subject while offering little useful information.
Origins: Prate dates back to Middle English praten and is related to Dutch praten, meaning to talk. The English word carries a dismissive sense of empty or tiresome speech.
Word Family: prates, prated, prating, prater
Fun Fact: Prate and prattle are related words for tiresome or foolish talk. That connection offers a useful vocabulary cue when the shorter word feels unfamiliar in Wordle.
The Streak Saver Rating
I'd rate this 3 out of 5 for vocabulary and competing beginnings. PRATE has five distinct letters, but its ending also fits CRATE and GRATE, so finding that ending still leaves meaningful work.
With RATE fixed at the end, it's tempting to cycle through CRATE, GRATE, and PRATE one opening consonant at a time. If your clues permit those options and you're playing outside Hard Mode, a probe such as CHIRP tests C and P together, helping distinguish the candidates.
What This Puzzle Teaches
When a familiar ending leaves several possible beginnings, count the candidates before spending another guess. A word that tests multiple unresolved consonants can provide more useful information than another attempt at the same ending.
Tomorrow's Reset
Puzzle #1968 drops at midnight in your timezone, Saturday handing the streak over to a fresh board.
Did PRATE come to mind quickly, or did you have to work through its neighbors? Take the useful clue from today's board into your next game.
See you at midnight for the next challenge.