Looking for today’s Wordle answer? We’ve got Wordle hints first, then today’s answer for NYT Wordle No. 1,939 for Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026.

Today’s Wordle has some rarely used letters, according to a list from the Oxford English Dictionary. The starting letter is No. 17 in popularity among the 26 letters in the alphabet. And the answer also ends in a sometimes vowel, which has been known to stump players. Scroll slowly if you want to solve the puzzle yourself.

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Today’s Wordle hints

Before we show you today’s Wordle answer, we’ll give you some hints. If you don’t want a spoiler, look away now.

Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats

Today’s Wordle answer has no repeated letters.

Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels

Today’s Wordle answer has one vowel and one sometimes vowel.

Wordle hint No. 3: First letter

Today’s Wordle answer begins with B.

Wordle hint No. 4: Last letter

Today’s Wordle answer ends with Y.

Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning

Today’s Wordle answer can refer to something that is uneven or rough to the touch, like a dirt road.

TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER

Today’s Wordle answer is BUMPY.

Yesterday’s Wordle answer

 Yesterday’s Wordle answer, Oct. 9, No. 1,938, was MAJOR.

Recent Wordle answers

• Oct. 5, No. 1,934: MOCHA
• Oct. 6, No. 1,935: DIMLY
• Oct. 7, No. 1,936: PROVE
• Oct. 8, No. 1,937: STREW

Let’s talk about today’s Wordle answer

My usual starter word is TRAIN, which I follow up with CLOSE. To me, that gets 10 of the most common letters out there and I usually am in a pretty good spot to start assembling a proper guess. But if not, I alternate between using DUMPY and today’s answer, BUMPY.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary and the story I wrote using their list, D is the 12th-most frequently used letter in English, and B is the 17th-most used. But today, I used BUMPY, and it worked!

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