Today’s NYT Wordle for Friday, October 2, 2026, is puzzle #1931. Today’s answer is an unusual five-letter word connected with lending money at extremely high interest rates.
If you are stuck, use the four progressive Wordle hints below one at a time before revealing today’s answer.
Today’s Wordle hints for October 2
- Hint 1: Today’s answer has one repeated letter.
- Hint 2: The word has one regular vowel that appears twice, plus one “sometimes” vowel.
- Hint 3: The answer begins with U and ends with Y.
- Hint 4: It can refer to the practice of lending money at extremely high interest rates.
Check your Wordle guess: Enter any five-letter word below. Green means the letter is correct and in the right position, yellow means it appears elsewhere, and grey means it is not in today’s answer.
Today’s Wordle answer for October 2
Click to reveal the answer for Wordle #1931
Today’s Wordle answer is USURY.
Usury refers to the practice of lending money at extremely high or excessive interest rates.
The answer may be especially tricky because U appears twice, while the word also contains the less common letter Y.
The spelling is U-S-U-R-Y. The regular vowel U appears twice, while Y functions as the “sometimes” vowel at the end of the word.
Players can attempt the official daily puzzle and review their statistics on the New York Times Wordle page.













