Wordle #1,965 hints and answer for Thursday, November 5, 2026
Today's Wordle is what heat does to a dry throat: a verb for drying out, scorching, or ending up desperate for water. The board gives you a single vowel to work with and no repeated letters at all, so every guess has room to test five fresh letters - the challenge is the ending, a two-letter sound that hides in plain sight. Work down the hint ladder as far as you need, then check the answer box at the bottom when you are ready for the reveal.
Hints, in order
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Think heat and thirst: this is what the sun does to soil in a drought, and how your throat feels after a long walk with no water.
There is exactly one vowel: A, sitting in second place. The other four slots are consonants.
It is a verb, and no letter repeats: all five letters are different. The last two letters form the CH sound.
It starts with P.
It ends with H, and the first four letters are PARC.
The answer
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PARCH: to dry out or scorch with heat - and, as an adjective in its longer form, parched is the word for a throat that needs water. The traps are the near-misses: PATCH, MARCH and PERCH all sit one letter away, and the -CH ending is easy to overlook while you hunt for a second vowel that never comes.