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Wordle, by the Numbers

We keep a daily archive of every Wordle answer — 1,916 of them so far, each with its puzzle number and date. These posts are what that archive says when you actually interrogate it. Every figure here is recomputed from the data on each build, so nothing goes stale.

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A grid of Wordle tiles where most are filled to show used answers and a small remainder are empty, illustrating a nearly exhausted answer pool

Wordle Is Running Out of Words — and the NYT Has Started Reusing Them

Wordle's answer pool is nearly spent. We tracked every puzzle and found the NYT quietly began reusing old answers in 2026. Here is the full record.

Aug 14, 2026 Read the analysis →

Five Wordle tiles with the final tile showing a struck-through letter S, illustrating that answers almost never end in S

Wordle Has Never Had a Plural Answer — Not Once in 1,882 Puzzles

29% of words Wordle accepts end in S. Only 1.5% of its answers do — and not one has been a plural. Here is the data, and what to guess instead.

Aug 14, 2026

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