Wordle #1433

Wordle Hints and Answer for Thursday, May 22, 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 noun with 3 vowels and uses fairly common letters, including at least one repeated letter.

Difficulty: Hard

noun

Letter Facts

Vowels

Consonants

Repeats

Yes

Letters

Fairly Common

Recommended Starting Words

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Recommended Starting Words

AUDIORATIOOLIVE

Hints

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Starting Hint

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Starting Hint

This word relates to the world of books, printing, or documents.

Getting Warmer

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Getting Warmer

You might encounter this term in a library, archive, or when discussing book formats and page numbering.

Letter Clue

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Letter Clue

The word begins with the letter F.

Stronger Hint

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Stronger Hint

This can refer to a large format book, a single leaf of paper, or a page number in a manuscript.

Rhyming Clue

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Rhyming Clue

This word rhymes with POLIO.

Final Clue

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Final Clue

It starts with F and ends with O. Think of Shakespeare's First edition collection of plays.

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Answer

FOLIO

A folio refers to a sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves or four pages, or a book made from such sheets. The term comes from the Latin word folium meaning leaf. The most famous example is the First Folio, the 1623 collection of Shakespeare's plays.

Strategy Tip

Today's word has three vowels and a repeated letter. When you see multiple vowels confirmed early, try words with common vowel combinations like IO or OI to narrow down their positions quickly.