every answer the New York Times has used before
Until 2026, no Wordle answer had ever been used twice. Now old answers come back regularly. Here's every repeat so far, updated daily. Today's answer is never spoiled: the banner below only tells you whether it's a repeat.
For its first 1,689 puzzles, from June 19, 2021 to February 1, 2026, Wordle never used the same answer twice. That changed on February 2, 2026, when Wordle #1,689 brought back CIGAR: the very first Wordle answer, from June 19, 2021.
Since then, 27 of 254 puzzles (10.6%) have reused a past answer, about 1 in 9. No word has been the answer three times yet.
| Month | Puzzles | Repeats | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 13 | 2 | 15% |
| Sep 2026 | 30 | 2 | 7% |
| Aug 2026 | 31 | 4 | 13% |
| Jul 2026 | 31 | 3 | 10% |
| Jun 2026 | 30 | 3 | 10% |
| May 2026 | 31 | 4 | 13% |
| Apr 2026 | 30 | 2 | 7% |
| Mar 2026 | 31 | 4 | 13% |
| Feb 2026 | 28 | 3 | 11% |
Wordle is mostly recycling its oldest answers. 23 of the 27 repeats were first played in 2021, the game's first year. By the year each word was first the answer:
On average a repeated word comes back after 4.5 years. The quickest comeback took 1.4 years (SANDY, #1,226 → #1,750); the longest took 5.3 years (MAJOR, #20 → #1,938).
| Word | Repeated | First played | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAJOR | Oct 9, 2026#1,938 | Jul 9, 2021#20 | 5.3 yrs |
| PROVE | Oct 7, 2026#1,936 | Nov 29, 2021#163 | 4.9 yrs |
| FORTH | Sep 23, 2026#1,922 | Aug 13, 2021#55 | 5.1 yrs |
| FOCUS | Sep 13, 2026#1,912 | Mar 13, 2022#267 | 4.5 yrs |
| CLICK | Aug 25, 2026#1,893 | Oct 31, 2021#134 | 4.8 yrs |
| TRACE | Aug 21, 2026#1,889 | Dec 15, 2021#179 | 4.7 yrs |
| FEIGN | Aug 7, 2026#1,875 | Jul 8, 2021#19 | 5.1 yrs |
| GRIPE | Aug 6, 2026#1,874 | Dec 23, 2021#187 | 4.6 yrs |
| FLUME | Jul 30, 2026#1,867 | Aug 26, 2021#68 | 4.9 yrs |
| STOUT | Jul 13, 2026#1,850 | Aug 23, 2021#65 | 4.9 yrs |
| BATON | Jul 3, 2026#1,840 | Dec 19, 2021#183 | 4.5 yrs |
| ACUTE | Jun 26, 2026#1,833 | Dec 26, 2021#190 | 4.5 yrs |
| BREAK | Jun 12, 2026#1,819 | Dec 8, 2021#172 | 4.5 yrs |
| THUMB | Jun 7, 2026#1,814 | Oct 12, 2021#115 | 4.7 yrs |
| SMILE | May 30, 2026#1,806 | Sep 27, 2023#830 | 2.7 yrs |
| AGREE | May 21, 2026#1,797 | Aug 28, 2021#70 | 4.7 yrs |
| CLOCK | May 12, 2026#1,788 | Nov 26, 2021#160 | 4.5 yrs |
| BRING | May 2, 2026#1,778 | Nov 30, 2021#164 | 4.4 yrs |
| STAND | Apr 19, 2026#1,765 | Aug 15, 2021#57 | 4.7 yrs |
| SANDY | Apr 4, 2026#1,750 | Oct 27, 2024#1,226 | 1.4 yrs |
| COMET | Mar 30, 2026#1,745 | Oct 19, 2021#122 | 4.4 yrs |
| IVORY | Mar 27, 2026#1,742 | Aug 17, 2021#59 | 4.6 yrs |
| GRADE | Mar 15, 2026#1,730 | Jul 4, 2021#15 | 4.7 yrs |
| LINEN | Mar 3, 2026#1,718 | Aug 9, 2021#51 | 4.6 yrs |
| AWAKE | Feb 21, 2026#1,708 | Jun 23, 2021#4 | 4.7 yrs |
| SQUAD | Feb 17, 2026#1,704 | Apr 11, 2022#296 | 3.9 yrs |
| CIGAR | Feb 2, 2026#1,689 | Jun 19, 2021#0 | 4.6 yrs |
Updated daily through Wordle #1,942 (October 13, 2026). Today's answer is added once its puzzle has ended in every timezone.
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Yes, since February 2, 2026. For its first 1,689 puzzles Wordle never reused an answer. Since then the New York Times has reused 27 past answers.
About 1 in 9 puzzles since repeats began: 27 of the 254 puzzles from February 2, 2026 to October 13, 2026 reused a past answer.
The banner at the top of this page tells you without revealing the word. It checks today's answer against every past Wordle answer and switches to the new puzzle at midnight in your timezone.
Not yet. Every repeat so far has been the second time that word was the answer.
27 so far, newest first: MAJOR, PROVE, FORTH, FOCUS, CLICK, TRACE, FEIGN, GRIPE, FLUME, STOUT, BATON, ACUTE, BREAK, THUMB, SMILE, AGREE, CLOCK, BRING, STAND, SANDY, COMET, IVORY, GRADE, LINEN, AWAKE, SQUAD and CIGAR.