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How many vowels?
VowelsVowel count is one of the fastest ways to narrow the field early. Today's answer contains only 1 vowel (A), meaning the remaining 4 positions are consonants. Focus your guesses on common consonant blends.
Sunday, November 15, 2026 · Puzzle #1975
Today's Wordle Hint and Answer (Sunday, November 15, 2026, Puzzle #1975)
Stuck on today's Wordle? This page gives you spoiler-controlled hints first, then the full answer whenever you are ready. Reveal one clue at a time, head back to the game after each, and only scroll to the answer if you still need it. The hints and answer update every day for the current New York Times puzzle.
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Quick answer box
Date:Sunday, November 15, 2026
Puzzle number:#1975
Word type:Noun / Vocabulary Word
Vowels:1 (A)
Repeated letters:None
Starts with:S
Ends with:K
Difficulty:Medium to hard (about 4.0 out of 6)
If a nudge was all you wanted, that is usually enough. For the confirmed word, keep reading to the reveal.
Today's Wordle answer
If you would rather confirm your guess than keep working, here it is. Tap each tile to reveal one letter at a time, or reveal the whole word at once.
The answer to Wordle #1975 for Sunday, November 15, 2026 is:
Answer is hidden
📖 Meaning of today's answer
SNARK is defined as: "Biting wit wrapped in cynical commentary. 😏". Context: When sarcasm and bark collide, you get this. 🐾
Because SNARK has only one common vowel and no repeated letters, it is a word that tends to fall into place once you test high-frequency consonants and lock in the position of the A.
How Hard Is Today's Wordle?
Easy4.0/ 6Average player guesses
Difficulty Level
Today's puzzle rates as relatively straightforward. With common letters and standard vowel positioning, players using established starting words like SLATE or CRANE will likely establish several green or yellow tiles on their very first guess.
Wordle difficulty is measured two ways. The New York Times uses a small panel of testers who solve each puzzle before it goes live, and the official WordleBot analyzes how all players performed afterward. The two ratings can differ, because one is a small sample and the other is an average across everyone who played.
A quick worked example for today
Simulated Guess #1
Testing “SLATE” vs Hidden Word
S✓
L✕
A✓
T✕
E✕
Testing the standard opener SLATE against today's answer yields immediate tactical clues. The 'S' in slot 1, 'A' in slot 3 land green. No yellow letters were returned. The 'L', 'T', 'E' come back gray and are ruled out.
With 2 greens and 0 yellows established, your second guess should reposition all yellow letters into fresh slots while testing high-probability untested consonants.
Yesterday's Wordle answer
Saturday, November 14, 2026
Puzzle #1974
R
A
N
D
Y
Missed yesterday? Puzzle #1974 for Saturday, November 14, 2026 was RANDY, an official solution meaning: "Feeling frisky or in a particularly amorous mood. 😏". Knowing recent words helps you eliminate options, since recent answers do not repeat day to day.
Recent Wordle answers
Here are the last two weeks of solutions, with a rough difficulty read for each.
| Date | Puzzle | Word | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2026Yesterday | #1974 | RANDY | Easy |
| Nov 13, 2026 | #1973 | MOXIE | Easy |
| Nov 12, 2026 | #1972 | KARAT | Easy |
| Nov 11, 2026 | #1971 | BLESS | Easy |
| Nov 10, 2026 | #1970 | TRUCE | Easy |
| Nov 9, 2026 | #1969 | LOAMY | Easy |
| Nov 8, 2026 | #1968 | FIRST | Easy |
| Nov 7, 2026 | #1967 | PRATE | Easy |
| Nov 6, 2026 | #1966 | DRECK | Easy |
| Nov 5, 2026 | #1965 | PARCH | Easy |
| Nov 4, 2026 | #1964 | NUTTY | Easy |
| Nov 3, 2026 | #1963 | POUCH | Easy |
| Nov 2, 2026 | #1962 | SCOOT | Easy |
| Nov 1, 2026 | #1961 | VIPER | Easy |
For the full history, see our complete past Wordle answers archive →
Best Wordle starting words
Your opening guess sets up everything that follows. A strong starter packs common vowels and high-frequency consonants into one line, so a single guess removes as many words as possible. These openers consistently perform well.
SLATE
SLATE: combines three frequent consonants (S, L, T) with the two most common vowels (A, E). It regularly ranks among the top openers for information gained per guess.
CRANE
CRANE: pairs C, R, and N with A and E. R appears in a large share of answers, so CRANE is an efficient early test.
TRACE
TRACE: covers T, R, C, A, and E, and probes common endings such as -ACE, -ATE, and -ARE.
STARE
STARE: uses the same high-value letters as SLATE in a different order, which helps confirm positions.
RAISE
RAISE: brings in R and S plus three vowels (A, I, E). S shows up in a very high share of answers, making this a strong diagnostic.
AUDIO
AUDIO: the best pure vowel test, checking four of the five vowels in one guess. It gives little consonant information, so follow it with a consonant-heavy word.
The best opener is the one you play consistently, because a familiar starter helps you read the feedback faster.
How to solve Wordle in fewer guesses
Getting the answer feels good. Getting it in three feels better. A few habits make the difference.
- 1Build your second guess on the first. Keep any green or yellow letters and change everything else. If your opener showed nothing, use a completely different set of letters next.
- 2Play for elimination early. Your first two guesses are worth more as filters than as attempts to win. Rule out common letters so the remaining choices collapse.
- 3Move your yellows. A yellow letter is right but in the wrong spot, so place it somewhere new next time. Leaving it where it was is a wasted turn.
- 4Think in patterns. Once you have three letters, consider common shapes and endings before testing letters one by one.
- 5Do not rush a lock-in. With three greens it is tempting to guess. Check first whether more than one word fits, especially when the missing letters are common.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Reusing gray letters, which wastes information.
- Assuming every position holds a different letter, when about one in seven answers repeats one.
- Forgetting that Y can act as a vowel.
- Guessing randomly between two options instead of playing a word that separates them.
How to play Wordle
Wordle is a daily game where you have six tries to guess a hidden five-letter word. Every guess must be a real word. After each guess, the tiles change color to show how close you are.
✓Green: correct letter in the correct spot.
↔Yellow: correct letter in the wrong spot.
✕Gray: letter not in the word at all.
One new puzzle appears each day, and everyone playing that day gets the same word. It resets at midnight in your local time zone. You can play the official game free on the New York Times Games website, and signing in saves your streak and stats.
There is also a Hard Mode in the settings. In Hard Mode, any green or yellow letter you find must appear in your following guesses, which removes pure elimination words and raises the challenge.
About Wordle
Wordle was created by software engineer Josh Wardle, who built it as a project for his partner and released it publicly in October 2021. It spread quickly, reaching millions of daily players within a couple of months, helped by the shareable color-grid results and the one-puzzle-a-day format.
The New York Times acquired Wordle from Wardle in January 2022 for a sum reported to be in the low seven figures. In November 2022, the Times named Tracy Bennett as the game's first dedicated editor. Bennett curates the daily answers and made one well-known change: plural words that end in S or ES are no longer used as solutions, although you can still type them as guesses. Words that form plurals another way, such as FUNGI, can still appear. She also trims words that are too obscure or unsuitable, which keeps the game approachable.
Wordle's success led to a wider family of New York Times word games, including Connections and Strands, both of which Bennett helps edit.
Wordle alternatives to try
If one puzzle a day is not enough, several games use the same guessing idea with a twist:
- Dordle: two words at once on two boards.
- Quordle: four words at the same time.
- Octordle: eight words in thirteen guesses.
- Sedecordle: sixteen words at once.
The New York Times also offers Connections, about grouping words by hidden themes, and Strands, a themed word search on a letter grid.
How we source today's answer
Accuracy is the whole point of a page like this, so each day's hint and answer is checked against the official New York Times Wordle puzzle for that exact date before publishing. We do not guess the word or copy it from another site. The definition comes from standard dictionaries, and the difficulty reflects how the puzzle actually played rather than a rough estimate. If the Times changes anything, this page is updated to match, and the recent-answers table is refreshed every day.
The hints are kept separate from the answer on purpose. The clues are there to help you finish the board yourself and protect your streak, with the full reveal saved for the moment you choose it.
Frequently asked questions
Today's Wordle answer for Sunday, November 15, 2026 (puzzle #1975) is SNARK. Progressive hints appear above the reveal if you want to solve it yourself first.
🔖This page updates every day with new hints, a new answer, and the latest recent-answers list, so bookmark it and check back tomorrow.