Wordle · Archive · #1616 · Friday, November 21, 2025
Wordle #1616 Answer — Friday, November 21, 2025
Hints, difficulty, the word, and what it means.
Hints & Answer
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Hint 1Category
It's a noun. A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable. -
Hint 2Vowels & repeats
Today's word has 2 vowels, and all five letters are different. -
Hint 3First letter
It starts with V. -
Hint 4Getting closer
A letter representing the sound of ___; in English, the ___ are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.
Still stuck? Flip the answer one letter at a time:
V
O
W
E
L
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Wordle answer #1616
VOWEL
noun /vaʊl/
The Word, Explained
A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.
Close cousins: vocalize, vowelize
A friendly one — common letters, no repeats, and enough vowels for openers to find.
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