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Puzzle #849 · October 16, 2023

Wordle Answer for October 16, 2023

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Archived October 16, 2023 · Maintained by the WhatIsTodaysWordle editorial team

Quick Facts: Wordle #849

Puzzle number
#849
Date
October 16, 2023
Word length
Five letters
First letter
G
Last letter
H
NYT tester difficulty
2.3 out of 6
WordleBot average
3.5 attempts (easy), 3.8 (hard)

The Hints, in Order

Each hint below adds one piece of information without giving away the rest — open them one at a time and stop as soon as you've got enough to make a confident guess.

  1. 1. Letter count +

    The word has five letters and works as a noun.

  2. 2. Starting letter +

    It begins with G.

  3. 3. Vowel pattern +

    There's only one vowel in the whole word, and it's in the third position.

  4. 4. Word ending +

    It means A data chart intended to illustrate the relationship between a set of numbers and a reference set, whose elements are indexed to those of the former set and may or may not be numbers..

Still stuck after all four? That usually means it's worth re-reading the tiles from your own last guess rather than reaching for a brand new word.

The Answer

The solution is GRAPH. It's a noun that means A data chart intended to illustrate the relationship between a set of numbers and a reference set, whose elements are indexed to those of the former set and may or may not be numbers.. Synonyms: graph. Forms: graphs.

Repeated Letters

There are no repeated letters.

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