Stuck on Wordle #1971? Open the hints one at a time. Each one gives away a little more, and the answer is last.
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Hard Difficulty: hard, because it has a repeated letter and it uses some less common letters.
Hint 1: Vowels and repeated letters
The word has 1 vowel (A, E, I, O or U). One letter appears more than once.
Hint 2: What kind of word it is
It is usually used as a verb or a noun.
Hint 3: What it means
A dictionary meaning, with the word hidden: To invoke divine favor upon.
Bonus hint: A riddle
A whispered wish sent skyward, asking for kindness from above.
Hint 4: First letter
The word starts with B.
Hint 5: Second letter
The second letter is L.
Hint 6: Last letter
The word ends with S.
Hint 7: Letter pattern
B _ E _ S
Show the answer
The answer to Wordle #1971 is BLESS.
About this puzzle
- Puzzle number: 1971
- Edited by Tracy Bennett
- This is the first time this word has been the answer.
Yesterday's answer (November 10, 2026)
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Wordle deep dive
More about today's puzzle. Everything in this section can include the answer.
Word profile: BLESS
- Part of speech: verb, noun
- Syllables: 1
- How common: about 5.19 uses per million words of English, so it is a fairly common word.
Meanings
- To invoke divine favor upon.
- To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
- To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
- To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
- (Christianity) To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
Similar words: hallow, sign, sanctify, consecrate
Rhymes: nonetheless, nevertheless, coalesce, distress, acquiesce, address, caress, assess
How would your starting word have done?
Here is the first-row result today's answer would give for some popular opening words.
How much each hint narrows it down
Using the list of past Wordle answers as the word list, this is how many words would still fit after each hint.
- All 1941 past answers
- 93 have the same vowels and repeat pattern (hint 1)
- 4 also start with B (hint 4)
- 2 also end with S (hint 5)
- 0 also match the letter pattern (hint 6)
Past answers that look like today's
Earlier answers that share at least three letters in the same spots, or four of the same letters.
- DRESS (October 25, 2026)
- GLOSS (April 26, 2026)
- BLEAT (February 7, 2026)
- BLAST (January 8, 2026)
- GUESS (December 11, 2025)
- BLEND (September 4, 2025)
- BLISS (April 29, 2025)
- PRESS (September 19, 2024)
- BRASS (September 12, 2024)
- BLEAK (October 31, 2023)
How common these letters are in Wordle
- B appears in 11% of past answers
- L appears in 28% of past answers
- E appears in 47% of past answers
- S appears in 26% of past answers
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