Wordle #1,944 hints and answer for Thursday, October 15, 2026
Thursday's Wordle is the old classroom insult: the slow learner in the pointed cap. Two vowels, no repeats, and a soft C hiding in front of a silent E.
Hints, in order
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Think schoolyard teasing from a century ago: the kid sent to the corner in a tall pointed cap.
There are two vowels, U and E. No letter repeats.
It is a noun for a person who is slow to learn - usually said as a tease, not a diagnosis.
It starts with D, and the second letter is U.
It ends with E: D, U, N, C, E.
The answer
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DUNCE: a person regarded as slow to learn, named for the followers of the medieval scholar John Duns Scotus - and kept alive by the dunce cap. DANCE and OUNCE are the traps on either side.