If you're finding yourself stumped by today's Wordle, there are resources available to help you maintain your daily streak. This guide offers a hint and the official answer for Wordle 1942, dated October 13, 2026.
Today's Wordle Hints
For those who prefer to solve the puzzle with a nudge rather than the direct answer, consider these clues:
- The solution is a comparative adjective, indicating a greater width.
- The word begins with the letter 'W'.
- The word ends with the letter 'R'.
- There are two vowels in the five-letter word.
- All five letters in the word are unique; there are no double letters.
A suggested starting word that yielded positive results is "READY," which turned three letters yellow.
Wordle Answer for October 13
For players who wish to know the answer directly, today's Wordle solution is WIDER.
Understanding the Wordle Answer
The word "WIDER" means to increase in girth or circumference. For example, "The road will be made wider to accommodate more traffic."
How to Share Wordle Results
Wordle includes a built-in feature to share your daily results without revealing the answer. After completing a puzzle, a statistics panel will appear. Tapping the "SHARE" button copies a spoiler-free representation of your grid to your clipboard. This can then be pasted into messages or social media posts, allowing friends to see your progress without knowing the word itself. On mobile devices, this share option can also send results directly to other apps.
How to Play Wordle
The objective of Wordle is to guess a five-letter word within six attempts. Each guess provides feedback: green letters are in the correct position, yellow letters are in the word but in the wrong position, and grey letters are not in the word at all. Players use these color-coded clues to deduce the correct word. The game is accessible on the official Wordle website.
The Origin of Wordle
Wordle was initially created by software engineer Josh Wardle as a personal project to play with his partner during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recognizing its appeal, Wardle released the game publicly through his website, Power Language. The game rapidly gained popularity, reaching millions of daily players by the end of 2021, largely due to its simple mechanics and shareable, spoiler-free results.
In January 2022, The New York Times acquired Wordle from Wardle for a significant sum. Despite the acquisition, the core gameplay remains consistent.
Wordle's Word List Restrictions
While players can input many five-letter words as guesses, the daily answers are chosen from a curated list of more common words. Obscure or rarely used words are typically excluded. The New York Times also exercises discretion in selecting answers, sometimes altering a word if it is deemed too politically charged or sensitive, as was the case with "FETUS" being changed to "SHINE" around the time of discussions regarding Roe v. Wade. Additionally, explicitly offensive or vulgar words are never used as daily answers, though they can still be used as guesses.
Increasing Wordle Difficulty
For players seeking a greater challenge, Wordle offers several options. Activating "Hard Mode" through the game's settings requires that all revealed letters must be used in subsequent guesses. This prevents strategic use of unrelated words to test vowels or common letters. An even more stringent approach, termed "Ultra-Hard" rules, dictates that every guess must be a potential answer, adhering strictly to all prior clues and eliminating any word that cannot possibly be the solution based on previous guesses.
Beyond the game's built-in modes, numerous Wordle-inspired games exist. These include Worldle (geography-based), Waffle (letter-swapping puzzles), Moviedle (movie trivia), and Quordle (solving four Wordles simultaneously). Resources such as lists of effective starting words and archives of past Wordle answers are also available for players looking to enhance their strategy.