Today’s Wordle Hints and Answer for Sunday, November 9, 2025
If you want the Wordle answer for November 9, 2025, here are some clues, tips, and strategies before revealing the solution. Today’s puzzle is of medium difficulty, solved in four guesses.
Beware: spoilers ahead for Wordle #1,604!
Wordle is hosted on the New York Times website, with a new puzzle released daily at midnight local time. The game starts by guessing a five-letter word. Letters turn green when correctly placed, yellow if the letter is right but in the wrong position, and gray if the letter is not in the secret word.
For playing instructions, see our Wordle guide and advanced strategies in my strategy guide. Additional info is at the bottom after hints and answers.
Hints for Today’s Puzzle
- The word includes three common letters from the phrase ETAOIN SHRDLU, pronounced "Edwin Shirdloo."
- Two letters are less common.
- There is one repeated letter.
- The word contains two vowels, one of which appears twice.
- The hint was "like an issue or situation".
- Examples of starting guesses were RAISE, TOUCH, and BLEND.
Answer
The solution for November 9 is FUGUE. The hint related to a “type of composition or state,” matching the answer’s meaning.
“…the answer contained five common letters.”
Author's Summary
Today’s Wordle challenge blends common letters and vowel repetition, with the word "FUGUE" fitting both the hint and the puzzle’s rules elegantly.
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