Wordle Hints

Wordle #161

Wordle Hints and Answer for Saturday, November 27, 2021

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 2 vowels and uses very common letters.

Difficulty: Hard
noun

Letter Facts

Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Repeats
No
Letters
Very Common

Recommended Starting Words

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Recommended Starting Words

IDEALLINEDDELTA

Hints

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Starting Hint

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Starting Hint

This word relates to writing, typing, or symbols you might find on a keyboard.

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Getting Warmer

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Getting Warmer

You might encounter this in foreign languages, especially Spanish, or when working with computer code and URLs.

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Letter Clue

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Letter Clue

The word contains the letter D.

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Stronger Hint

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Stronger Hint

This is a diacritical mark that looks like a small wavy line, commonly seen over the letter N in Spanish words like 'mañana.'

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Rhyming Clue

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Rhyming Clue

This word rhymes with 'wild' or 'child' but with a slight variation in the ending sound.

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Final Clue

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Final Clue

The word starts with T and ends with E. It is the name of the squiggly symbol above the N key on your keyboard.

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Answer

TILDE

A tilde is a typographical symbol resembling a wavy horizontal line. It originates from the Latin word 'titulus' meaning a label or heading. In Spanish, it appears over the letter N to create the distinct 'ñ' sound, while in computing, it often represents the home directory or is used in URLs.

Strategy Tip

Today's word is a specialized term that many people recognize visually but might not know the actual name for. When stuck on Wordle, consider words for common objects or symbols that have less obvious names.