Wordle #1973 Hints & Answer Today, November 13, 2026

Friday the 13th brings Wordle #1973, dated Nov. 13, 2026, to The New York Times (NYT) game, edited by Tracy Bennett. Its two final letters are both vowels, a combination seldom seen at the back. The Wordle hub covers the rules.

Six clues, gentle to strong

1. Ends with

   two vowels, I and E.
2. Third letter

   X.
3. Starts with

   M, then O.
4. Part of speech

   a noun.
5. Meaning

   nerve, spirit, a gutsy way of facing a challenge.
6. Register

   informal.

7. Still stuck? Reveal the answer one letter at a time:

   1. 1

      M
   2. 2

      O
   3. 3

      X
   4. 4

      I
   5. 5

      E

Guessing tips for today

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The rare middle letter will not turn up by chance. If your first rows give you the opening pair, test the middle slot instead of tweaking the ending. Two vowels at the back make a guess ending in a common vowel likely to light up. Among eight starters checked against the answer, Crane, Slate, Stare and Trace each share one letter, in the exact spot. Audio, Raise and Irate share two, and Adieu shares two with neither in place. Starters that carry the closing vowel score best.

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Today’s Wordle answer (spoilers)

Hints end here, and the answer begins.

The answer to Wordle #1973 is Moxie.

1. M
2. O
3. X
4. I
5. E

Moxie is energy, nerve and know-how.

Answer history check (spoilers)

The data for #0 to #1972 shows no earlier use. Its pattern, consonant, vowel, consonant, vowel, vowel, fits only 34 earlier answers. Twenty-nine began with M and O, and seven ended with I and E. One earlier answer matches it in four places, Movie (#271). Motif (#1872), Toxin (#1001), Mouse (#709) and Toxic (#624) match in three. X stood third in only 10 earlier answers, while the closing E ended 391. X sat in only 33 earlier answers, while M opened 97 and I sat in 547. Twelve earlier answers opened with M and closed with E. Just 202 earlier answers held three vowels from A, E, I, O or U, and six shared four letters or more with it.

Wordle #1974 follows at midnight.

Yesterday's Wordle answer

Wordle #1972 on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026 was Karat. Yesterday's hints and full solution.