Wordle #1968, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026: Six Hints and a Repeat Answer Check

Wordle #1968 lands on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, from The New York Times (NYT), with Tracy Bennett as editor. Today’s puzzle has a quirk the other recent ones lack, and it is explained in the spoiler section. Basic rules are on the Wordle page.

Six clues, gentle to strong

1. Vowel count

   one, the letter I, in second place.
2. Repeats

   none; all five letters differ.
3. Part of speech

   it works as an adjective, an adverb and a noun.
4. Meaning

   coming before all others in order or time.
5. Ends

   the last two letters are S and T.
6. Context

   the winner of a race finishes in this place.

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

   1. 1

      F
   2. 2

      I
   3. 3

      R
   4. 4

      S
   5. 5

      T

Guessing tips for today

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The one vowel sits near the front, so build early guesses around consonant starters that pair naturally with it. The closing pair is a familiar one, so test both letters together rather than one by one. A guess like that clears two spots at once.

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Today’s Wordle answer (spoilers)

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The answer to Wordle #1968 is First.

1. F
2. I
3. R
4. S
5. T

First has been the answer before: Wordle #56 on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021.

It means earliest in order, time or rank.

Answer history check (spoilers)

Unlike most days, this answer has appeared before: Wordle #56 on Aug. 14, 2021, which is 1,912 puzzle numbers earlier. It is the only repeat of the word in the data (#0 to #1967). The consonant, vowel, consonant, consonant, consonant shape fits 236 earlier answers. Fifteen earlier answers began with F and I, one of them this very word, and 36 ended with S and T. No other earlier answer shares four letters in place; the best, at three, are Burst (#1908), Foist (#1487), Filet (#1162) and Worst (#898).

Wordle #1969 arrives at midnight.

Yesterday's Wordle answer

Wordle #1967 on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026 was Prate. Yesterday's hints and full solution.