Wordle Hints and Answer Today, #1961 for Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026: Six Clues Before the Reveal

Today’s Wordle from The New York Times (NYT) is puzzle #1961, for Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, edited by Tracy Bennett. The answer uses five different letters, two of them vowels, which makes a vowel-rich first guess a good start. Work down the clues one at a time, and only scroll to the last section if you want the answer itself.

How Wordle works

You get six tries to find a five-letter word. After each guess, a green tile means the right letter in the right spot, yellow means the letter is in the word but in another spot, and gray means it is not in the word at all. A letter that appears twice is only marked twice if you guess it twice.

Six clues, gentle to strong

1. Part of speech

   it is a noun.
2. Topic

   a reptile with no legs.
3. Vowels

   two vowel letters, I and E. The I comes second and the E comes fourth.
4. Repeated letter

   no, all five letters are different.
5. First letter

   V.
6. Strong nudge

   a venomous snake.

Guessing tips for today

The word ends in R, so a guess that puts R in the last spot can turn a tile green right away. A starter with I, E and a common consonant, such as “raise,” shows whether the I lands in the second spot and the E in the fourth. Because no letter repeats, you can spend each guess on new letters without testing doubles.

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More of today’s puzzles: Connections hints, Strands hints and Pips hints.

Today’s Wordle answer (spoilers)

Stop here if you still want to solve it yourself.

The answer to Wordle #1961 is Viper.

1. V
2. I
3. P
4. E
5. R

A viper is a venomous snake. The letters are V, I, P, E and R, with no repeats.

We checked the answer against the puzzle’s official data before posting. Wordle #1962 arrives at midnight.

Yesterday's Wordle answer

Wordle #1960 on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026 was Yahoo. Yesterday's hints and full solution.