Wordle #1971 hints
Open the hints in order and stop as soon as the word clicks. The counts under each one show how much it narrows things down.
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How many vowels?Gentle hint
You are looking for 1 vowel, not counting Y. It's a verb.
3,769 of 12,653 words survive this hint.
See every 5-letter word with 1 vowel
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Are any letters repeated?Gentle hint
Yes, one letter appears twice.
Words that still fit: 1,265.
See words with repeated letters
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What does it mean?Helpful hint
It's what people often say or do when someone sneezes, or what a priest might do over a new home or a loaf of bread.
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What's the first letter?Helpful hint
Look for a word beginning with B.
After this hint, 88 words fit.
5-letter words starting with B
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What's the last letter?Strong hint
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Show me the patternStrong hint
BLSYou have B, L and S in place. Only the middle two are missing. 6 words in our list fit every hint so far, 4 of them everyday words. See those 6 words in the solver
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Play Wordle #1971
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How three well-known openers scored on #1971
Wondering whether your opener was unlucky? These are the colours SLATE, CRANE and AUDIO get on this word, with the number of possible words left after each.
Show SLATE, CRANE and AUDIO against Wordle #1971 (gives away letters)
Counts come from the 12,653 five-letter words in our Wordle solver list, which includes rare words the NYT never picks, so the real field is smaller. On this puzzle, SLATE narrowed things down the most.
Wordle #1971 answer
Careful: the sections below reveal the Wordle answer for November 11, 2026.
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The answer to Wordle #1971 is BLESS.
Meaning: To ask for divine favor or protection for someone or something, or to make something holy.
In a sentence: The priest will bless the new building on Sunday morning.
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Word type
- verb
- Vowels
- 1
Common everyday word with simple letters, though the double S at the end may trip some players.
Puzzle note
AUDIO coming back blank wiped out four vowels and left E as the only one in BLESS, so the hunt was mostly consonants. The double S is the snag. Before a final guess, ask yourself: could a letter appear twice here?
Sample solve in 4 guesses (spoiler)
Here is one path through #1971, opening with SLATE. Every guess after the first uses all the colours seen so far.
- SLATE1 green, 2 yellow. 40 words still possible.
- CLEFS3 green, 0 yellow. 15 words still possible.
- GLENS3 green, 0 yellow. 10 words still possible.
- BLESSSolved.
Show matching words (spoiler)
These 26 words all share the first two letters and the last letter of this puzzle's answer, so any of them could be a sensible guess on the way. The answer is highlighted.
- BLABS
- BLADS
- BLAES
- BLAGS
- BLAHS
- BLAMS
- BLATS
- BLAWS
- BLAYS
- BLEBS
- BLEES
- BLESS
- BLETS
- BLEYS
- BLINS
- BLIPS
- BLISS
- BLITS
- BLOBS
- BLOCS
- BLOGS
- BLOTS
- BLOWS
- BLUBS
- BLUES
- BLURS
Answer statistics (spoiler)
- 9 of the 124 Wordle answers in our archive up to this puzzle started with B, and 3 ended with S.
- The least common letter in BLESS, measured across recent answers, is B, which appeared in 12 of 124 answers.
- It has a repeated letter (S). Repeats are easy to miss because most guesses test five different letters.
- Hint by hint, the list shrinks from 12,653 words to 3,769, 1,265, 88, 39 and finally 6.
Recent Wordle answers
| Date | Puzzle | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 10 | #1970 | TRUCE |
| Nov 9 | #1969 | LOAMY |
| Nov 8 | #1968 | FIRST |
| Nov 7 | #1967 | PRATE |
| Nov 6 | #1966 | DRECK |
| Nov 5 | #1965 | PARCH |
| Nov 4 | #1964 | NUTTY |
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What was the Wordle answer on November 11, 2026?
The answer to Wordle #1971 on November 11, 2026 was BLESS. It means: To ask for divine favor or protection for someone or something, or to make something holy.
Was Wordle #1971 hard?
We rated it Easy. Common everyday word with simple letters, though the double S at the end may trip some players.
What letters were in Wordle #1971?
BLESS has 1 vowel and the repeated letter S. It starts with B and ends with S.
How many words fit the Wordle #1971 pattern?
6 words in our 12,653-word list fit B L _ _ S.
How could Wordle #1971 be solved?
One route: SLATE, then CLEFS, then GLENS, then BLESS. That solves it in 4 guesses while keeping every clue.