Wordle Hints and Answer Today, #1954 for Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026: Six Clues Before the Reveal

Today’s Wordle from The New York Times (NYT) is puzzle #1954, for Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026. It is a common word with a doubled letter at the end, which is the usual way a simple answer costs a guess. 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 works as both a noun and a verb.
2. Topic: getting ready, and what you put on to go out.
3. Vowels: there is only one, and it is E.
4. Repeated letter: yes, one letter appears twice.
5. First letter: D.
6. Strong nudge: a one-piece garment often worn to a formal event. As a verb, it also means to put on clothes or to prepare a salad.

Guessing tips for today

A starter with S and E, such as “arise,” “stare” or “siren,” shows you the doubled letter and the vowel quickly. If a yellow S appears, test a second S at the end before you spend guesses on new consonants. Double-letter endings are easy to forget.

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

Today’s Wordle answer (spoilers)

Stop here if you still want to solve it yourself.

The answer to Wordle #1954 is Dress.

A dress is a garment, and as a verb it means to put on clothes. The doubled S at the end is the part that trips players up, since many guess a word with one S and stop there.

We checked the answer against more than one published source before posting. Wordle #1955 arrives at midnight.