Wordle #1416

Wordle Hints and Answer for Monday, May 5, 2025

Stuck on today's Wordle? You're in the right place! Below you'll find hints that start vague and get more specific. Try to solve it with as few hints as possible.

Today's puzzle is rated Hard difficulty, so you may need extra hints! The answer is a verb, interjection with 1 vowel and uses fairly common letters, including at least one repeated letter.

Difficulty: Hard

verb, interjection

Letter Facts

Vowels

Consonants

Repeats

Yes

Letters

Fairly Common

Recommended Starting Words

These words would be helpful first guesses for today's puzzle:

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Recommended Starting Words

SLASHSHINESOUTH

Hints

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Starting Hint

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Starting Hint

This word relates to communication or sound, specifically controlling it in some way.

Getting Warmer

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Getting Warmer

You might hear this word in a library, during a movie, or when someone is trying to sleep nearby.

Letter Clue

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Letter Clue

The word begins with the letter S.

Stronger Hint

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Stronger Hint

A synonym for this word would be to silence or quiet someone, often done by putting a finger to your lips.

Rhyming Clue

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Rhyming Clue

This word rhymes with HUSH and BRUSH.

Final Clue

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Final Clue

The word starts with S and ends with H, and the same letter appears three times in this five letter word.

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Answer

SHUSH

Today's word is commonly used as both a verb meaning to tell someone to be quiet and an interjection that mimics the sound people make when requesting silence. The word is onomatopoeic, meaning it sounds like what it represents. It has been part of the English language since at least the early 1900s and remains a universally understood command for quieting down.

Strategy Tip

Today's puzzle features a repeated letter that appears multiple times. When you have confirmed a letter in your solution, do not rule out the possibility that it appears more than once. Words with double or even triple letters are more common than you might think!