Wordle #1,971 hints and answer for Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Today's Wordle is a kind word: the thing you say over a sneeze, a new baby or a table about to be eaten from, and the thing a ceremony asks for the people gathered in the room. It is a gentle board in one way, with only a single vowel anywhere in it, and a sneaky one in another, because the last letter shows up twice in a row, back to back, and can hide from a solver who tests it only once. Work your way down the hint ladder one rung at a time, then check the answer box at the bottom when you are ready for the reveal and the story behind the word itself.
Hints, in order
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Think of a sneeze or a ceremony: this word is a wish for someone's good fortune, health or protection.
There is only one vowel: E, in third place. The other four letters are all consonants.
One letter repeats: the final letter appears twice in a row, closing the word. It is a verb, though it works as a noun too - as in, a priest's ___.
It starts with B.
It ends with SS, and the first three letters are BLE - add SS and you are there.
The answer
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BLESS: to make something holy, to protect someone, or to wish them well - as in "bless you" after a sneeze. The traps sit close by: BLISS swaps the E for an I and turns the wish into pure happiness, BLAST and BLEND keep the BLE or BL opening and wander off, and anyone who tests a single S may never learn the word ends in a double.