Wordle #1605 Answer – November 10, 2025
This page covers Wordle puzzle #1605, played on Monday, November 10, 2025. If you are playing it in the NYT Wordle archive, start with the hints. The answer comes after them, along with what the word means, how hard it was, and how the most popular starting words would have done.
Hints for Wordle #1605
Hint 1: How many vowels?
The answer has 1 vowel (A, E, I, O, U).
Hint 2: First letter
It starts with the letter T.
Hint 3: Last letter
It ends with the letter Y.
Hint 4: Repeated letters?
Yes, one letter appears more than once.
Hint 5: Meaning
noun — A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
Wordle #1605 Answer
The answer to Wordle #1605 on November 10, 2025 was:
TABBY
TABBY has been the Wordle answer only once so far.
What Does TABBY Mean?
Tabby (noun): A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
How Hard Was Wordle #1605?
8.6/10Hard
97%harder than this share of all 1,962 Wordles
0look-alike answers
- Only 1 vowel, so the vowel pattern is hard to find early.
- A repeated letter, which most players do not test until late.
- Less common letters (Y) that starting words rarely test.
- No other answers share four of its five letter spots, so it falls fast once the letters are found.
How Popular Starting Words Did Against TABBY
Here is the color feedback each well-known opener would have given on this puzzle, and how many past Wordle answers would still fit after that one guess. Fewer is better.
| Opener | Feedback | Answers left |
|---|---|---|
| SLATE | SLATE | 45 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 114 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 15 |
| STARE | STARE | 59 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 75 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 355 |
On this puzzle, TRACE was the most useful opener, leaving 15 possible answers. Read our guide to the best starting words →
How to Solve Wordle #1605 Step by Step
Here is one efficient way to reach TABBY. We open with SLATE, then each next guess is the word, from those still possible, that leaves the fewest options on average. Every guess fits all the clues so far, so this path is also legal in Hard Mode.
| Guess | Feedback | Words still possible |
|---|---|---|
| 1. SLATE | SLATE | 49 |
| 2. TACIT | TACIT | 7 |
| 3. TANGO | TANGO | 3 |
| 4. TABBY | TABBY | Solved |
Solved in 4 guesses. After SLATE, 49 everyday words still fit. Try your own guesses in our Wordle solver to see which words were left at each step.
Letter-by-Letter Breakdown of TABBY
| Position | Letter | Appears in (all answers) | In this exact spot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | T | 29.6% | 6.6% |
| 2nd | A | 39.6% | 12.4% |
| 3rd | B | 11.5% | 2.3% |
| 4th | B | 11.5% | 1% |
| 5th | Y | 16.5% | 14.3% |
On This Day in Wordle: November 10
Answers from the same date in other years:
Wordle #1605 FAQ
What was the Wordle answer on November 10, 2025?
The answer to Wordle #1605 on November 10, 2025 was TABBY.
Was Wordle #1605 hard?
We rate it 8.6 out of 10 (Hard), harder than about 97% of all Wordle puzzles.
What was the best starting word for Wordle #1605?
Of the popular openers, TRACE did best, leaving 15 possible answers after the first guess.