Spoiler warning: The clues below begin gently, but the final section reveals the answer to Wordle #1621. This puzzle was played on Wednesday, November 26, 2025.
Wordle #1621 hints
Meaning hint
Forbes’ broad hint describes the answer as “Not a very nice or roomy place to live.” Forbes’ guide attributes that wording to Erik Kain.
Letter-pattern clues
- The answer has five letters.
- It contains two vowels.
- It begins with a consonant.
- It has no double letters.
These structural clues were reported by Choya Johnson in Parade’s November 26 guide.
Synonym clue
Think of a “shack” or “shanty.” Those are the strongest synonym clues for the word.
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Wordle #1621 answer
The answer is HOVEL.
A hovel is a small, unpleasant or poorly maintained dwelling. Forbes describes the word’s history as coming through Middle English hovel, meaning “shed” or “shelter,” likely as a diminutive of Old English hof, meaning “house,” “dwelling” or “farmstead.”
The separate Wordle Wednesday riddle
Wordle Wednesday included an extra riddle separate from the five-letter Wordle. Forbes printed this question: “What comes before God, is more evil than the Devil, and if you eat it, you’ll die?”
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Forbes said it would publish the riddle’s answer the following day rather than resolving it in that guide. The conventional answer is “nothing,” inferred from the riddle’s wording, but that is not the solution to Wordle #1621.
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Wordle #1621 is the November 26, 2025 entry in the sequence of past Wordle solutions. TechRadar maintains a date- and alphabetically organized archive at its past Wordle answers page.
Quick Recap
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