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Wordle October 19, 2026: Hints & Answer (#1,948)

edited by Tracy Bennett.

Recap

The answer to Wordle #1948 was STINK. Solvers had a tough time figuring out the correct sequence, but eventually, the word's strong meaning helped narrow it down. Overall, it was a challenging but fun puzzle.

Wordle hints, one rung at a time

Five rungs, softest first. The recap above already named the word, so this ladder is here for anyone replaying the puzzle fresh rather than as a spoiler shield.

  1. The shape of the word

    No letters of the answer are spelled out.

    The word has a mix of consonants and vowels, with a somewhat common sequence. There are no repeated letters. The ending might be tricky, but it's a fairly common sound.

  2. How the vowels sat

    There are two vowels in the answer, and they appear in the middle and towards the end. The vowels are not consecutive.

  3. Word facts

    Counted off the answer.

    Length
    5 letters
    Different letters
    5 of 5
    Repeats
    None — all five are different
    Vowels (A E I O U)
    1
  4. What the word means

    A definition, without the word in it.

    A strong, unpleasant smell, often associated with decay or rot. This can be used to describe a bad odor in general.

  5. The first letter

    The recap above already named the word; this rung is for a replay.

    Starts with
    S
    Jump to the answer

The answer to that puzzle

Spoiler below. It stays folded until you open it.

  • Wordle #1,948 · 5 letters

    STINK

    A strong, unpleasant smell, often associated with decay or rot. This can be used to describe a bad odor in general.

This puzzle by the numbers

Puzzle
#1,948 · Monday, October 19, 2026
Length
5 letters
Different letters
5
Vowels
1
Guesses allowed
6

About Wordle #1,948

The number above is the count of days since Wordle launched on 19 June 2021, which is what the share grid prints — not the internal id the puzzle data carries. TodayHint reads it off the stored row for Monday, October 19, 2026 rather than adding one to the previous page, so a date we never fetched can never shift every number that follows it.

Everyone who played this puzzle saw the same word, wherever they were: the board rolls over at local midnight, so a solver in Auckland met it well before one in Los Angeles, but never a different answer. Six guesses, no timer, and the only feedback is the colours — green for a letter in the right place, yellow for a letter in the wrong one, grey for a letter that is not there at all. The rungs above rebuild that information in order, so this page can still be played as a puzzle rather than read as a result.

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