Savannah Guthrie to Miss Today Show for Several Weeks to Film Wordle Game Show While Mother Remains Missing

Savannah Guthrie announced on the July 16, 2026, broadcast of the Today show that she will be absent for a few weeks to film the Wordle game show. “I’m headed over to shoot ‘Wordle’ over the next few weeks,” she told her co-hosts. “We’re going to shoot the whole season, and we’re super excited.

” nypost.com reported that Guthrie, 54, was selected in May 2026 to host the series, which is based on the New York Times puzzle and features contestants solving five-letter word puzzles in fast-paced team competition for a cash prize. The show is executive-produced by Jimmy Fallon. ” Guthrie teased that the show would “probably air” sometime in the new year.

The series is scheduled to premiere in 2027. ” Last week Guthrie took a brief hiatus from Today to spend time with family amid the investigation into her mother Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen by relatives on January 31 and reported missing from her Tucson, Arizona, home on February 1.

Authorities found a trail of blood on the front porch, and the FBI released home security camera photos in February showing an armed and masked person outside the door the night she disappeared. No one has been arrested. Guthrie returned to Today in April.

NBC staffers were instructed not to address the disappearance or formally welcome her back.