***Wordle 1,689 * SPOILERS***

[2naSalit]

Wordle 1,689 3/6

🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ ADIEU
⬛🟨🟩🟨🟨 MAGIC
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CIGAR

[MissMillie]

1. 5

Wordle 1,689 5/6

🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ AUDIO
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ PAINT
🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ RIVAL
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 SITAR
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CIGAR

I probably should have had it one sooner.

[Onthefly]

2. 4

Wordle 1,689 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ House
🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ Clank
🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ Carry
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Cigar

[10 Turtle Day]

3. 4/6

Wordle 1,689 4/6

🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜audio
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩sitar
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩vicar
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩cigar

[underpants]

4. 4

Wordle 1,689 4/6

🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜resin
⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜trick
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩vicar
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩cigar

[AllyCat]

5. 3 Ugh. Should have had a 1

Wordle 1,689 3/6

⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ steal
⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ broad
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Cigar

Hope this is just today.

[livetohike]

6. 3

Wordle 1,689 3/6

🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ARISE
🟩⬜🟨🟨🟩 CHAIR
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CIGAR

[mnhtnbb]

7. 3

Wordle 1,689 3/6

⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜steal
🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜croak
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩cigar

NY Times average 3.8 and Wordlebot in 3.

For those who have been consulting past answer lists, it has been announced that beginning today (Groundhog Day), Wordle may reuse past answers.

[nuxvomica]

8. 4

Wordle 1,689 4/6

⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ BREAK
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ HOIST
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 VICAR
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CIGAR (Previous answer! The first repeat.)

WordleBot
Skill 89/99
Luck 56/99


Connections
Puzzle #967
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Skill 81/99
Uniqueness 1 in 483


Strands #701
“Formidable flock”
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[Bracket City]
February 2, 2026

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 60
🎯 Minimum Required: 60

Total Score: 100.0
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[SKKY]

9. 5/6*. So we're repeating words now. Got it.

I guess it was going to happen eventually.

Wordle 1,689 5/6*

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ SALET
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ PRAWN
🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 COBRA
🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 CYMAR
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CIGAR

[Marthe48]

10. Got it in 3

Wordle 1,689 3/6

🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨 AURIC
🟩🟨🟨🟨⬜ CAIRN (unused)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CIGAR (repeat)

The only thing I can say is rely more on the placement of the letters.

[Liberal In Texas]

11. -5- BAH!

Wordle 1,689 5/6
I might have done better if NYT had announced on the page where this puzzle is played about this change in the rules!
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ STEAL
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 RADAR
⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 FRIAR
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 VICAR
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CIGAR

[mnhtnbb]

19. Are you going to return to using 'trial'

for your start word?

I was beating the bot a lot more often using 'trial' than I am with 'steal'. We would have had 3 letters to start with today if 'trial' had been our first guess.

I haven't decided if I'll go back to it, but I'm thinking about it.

[Liberal In Texas]

21. Funny you should ask.

I was going to get around to asking you the same thing.
I'm still not used to STEAL, my "muscle memory" wants to keep entering TRIAL every time I see the blank grid LOL.
I also had better luck with TRIAL and have a back-log data base of what to do in different TRIAL leavings.

[Casandia]

12. 5

Wordle 1,689 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ flush
🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ anime
🟩🟨⬜🟨🟨 capri
🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨 craig
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 cigar

Ugh - didn’t realize words are repeating now…

[Nittersing]

13. 4

Wordle 1,689 4/6

🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ADIEU
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ STORY
⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 TAPIR
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CIGAR

[2naSalit]

25. That's where I nerarly went...

Your first two words are the first two I use when I play Saquareword. I was debating whether to use story for the second word and I decided to go with something different this time.



https://squareword.org/

[Colorado Liberal]

14. Two

Wordle 1,689 2/6
🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛CHEAT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩CIGAR

[hay rick]

16. Nailed the first repeated word. Well done!

[Colorado Liberal]

23. It helped that I wasn't aware that it was a repeat....

[hay rick]

24. LOL.

[2naSalit]

26. Cool!

[hay rick]

15. 4

Wordle 1,689 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ STEAL
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 RADAR
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 VICAR
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CIGAR

[Taylor Picker]

17. 4

Wordle 1,689 4/6*

⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ TREAD
⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ MORAL
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 VICAR
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CIGAR

I didn't do a particularly good job on this one... but I don't like this business of words that have already been used.

[Chipper Chat]

18. 6

Wordle 1,689 6/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜LOUIE
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜STARY
🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜RABID
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨PRIMA
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩VICAR
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩CIGAR
Lots of yellow deadends

[Buckeye_Democrat]

20. 3.

Wordle 1,689 3/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ SLATE
🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛ CORNY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CIGAR

[Fla Dem]

22. "4"

Wordle 1,689 4/6

🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ Raise
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ Count
🟩⬜🟨🟨🟩 Chair
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Cigar