Thursday’s puzzle is #1951, and it is the kind of everyday word you have probably typed a hundred times without ever thinking about it. That familiarity is exactly what makes it slippery. If you play Wordle every morning with your coffee, take the five hints below one at a time and stop the moment one of them clicks. The spoiler-protected answer is waiting at the bottom, but only go there when you are truly done guessing.
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Wordle #1951 hints for Thursday, Oct 22
Read these slowly. Each hint reveals something new, and you should stop as soon as one of them solves it for you.
- Repeats. Yes. One letter appears twice, so a guess with a doubled letter is not wasted here.
- Vowels. Exactly two vowels, and both of them are E. No other vowel shows up anywhere in the word.
- Starts with. R. It opens with a consonant that shows up in plenty of everyday words, which is why the opening guess rarely settles things on its own.
- Second letter. E. That locks the RE opening in place, so the fight moves to the last three letters.
- Meaning. Think of what you do to a router, a password, or a game score when you want a fresh start from square one.
Difficulty 3/5: why this one is tricky, and how to beat it
The trap is the doubled vowel. Most openers test five different letters, which quietly rules a repeat out, and once the ending pattern locks in, a crowd of near-matches lines up behind it, each one feeling just as plausible as the next. Players burn guesses swapping the front letters while the real answer sits one swap away. One probe word to try early: ENTER. It tests the doubled E plus the R and T bookends in a single guess, and if the E lights up twice, you know the shape of the word right away.
Recent Wordle answers
A quick look back, in case you’re tracking patterns:
- October 17, 2026, #1946: GAFFE
- October 18, 2026, #1947: ADORN
- October 19, 2026, #1948: STINK
- October 20, 2026, #1949: WREST
- October 21, 2026, #1950: PENNY
Wordle answer for October 22, 2026 (Puzzle #1951)
No more hints past this point. The solution is inside the box below. Tap only when you’re ready.
Tap to reveal today’s answer (spoiler)
Today’s Wordle answer is RESET. It’s a verb meaning to set something back to its earlier state, or to start it over from zero. It is the word you reach for when a device misbehaves, a password needs changing, or a scoreboard needs clearing.
Wordle questions, answered
Has today’s answer ever appeared in Wordle before?
No. Wordle never repeats answers, so once a word has been used it is retired from the rotation, and today is this word’s turn.
Which other recent Wordle answers had a repeated letter?
Yesterday’s PENNY (#1950) doubled its N, and GAFFE (#1946, October 17) doubled its F. Two repeats in six days is a reminder that a doubled letter is never a wasted guess.
