Wordle #1976 Hints & Answer Today, November 16, 2026

Wordle #1976 from The New York Times (NYT), for Monday, Nov. 16, 2026, edited by Tracy Bennett, is a word that has never been a Wordle answer before. Our Wordle page explains the game; this page gives you six clues first, then checks the answer against every past one.

Six clues, gentle to strong

1. Part of speech

   it is a noun, though it can also be used as a verb.
2. Topic

   a way of speaking, stretched out and unhurried.
3. Vowels

   one vowel letter, A, in the third spot. The word ends in L.
4. Repeated letter

   none. All five letters are different.
5. First letter

   D.
6. Strong nudge

   it rhymes with “crawl” and “shawl,” and the second letter is R.

7. Still stuck? Reveal the answer one letter at a time:

   1. 1

      D
   2. 2

      R
   3. 3

      A
   4. 4

      W
   5. 5

      L

Guessing tips for today

Show the solving tips

Two facts shape the hunt. The word has a single vowel letter, so an opener that spreads across several vowels will show which one it is early. And it has no repeated letter, so every guess can use five fresh letters. Our history check below also shows that several past answers look very close to today’s word, so settle the middle of the word before you commit to the ending.

Keep your streak on our printable weekly calendar or the November 2026 printable calendar.

More of today’s puzzles: Connections hints and Strands hints. Yesterday’s Wordle: #1975 hints.

Today’s Wordle answer (spoilers)

Stop here if you still want to solve it yourself.

The answer to Wordle #1976 is Drawl.

1. D
2. R
3. A
4. W
5. L

Drawl is a noun for a slow, drawn-out way of speaking. The letters are D, R, A, W and L, each used once.

We checked the answer against the puzzle’s official data before posting. Wordle #1977 arrives at midnight.

How #1976 compares with past answers

We compared Drawl with every past Wordle answer in our history file (1,959 answers, starting June 19, 2021) and with the daily data files we have saved since.

Check	Result
Used as an answer before	No, this is its first time
Vowel letters	One (A)
Repeated letters	None
Past answers matching in four spots	Drawn (2024), Trawl (2021), Crawl (2025)

Each of the three near matches shares four letters with Drawl in the same spots and differs in one. Drawn changes only the last letter, from N to L. Trawl and Crawl change only the first letter, from T or C to D.

For a solver, this means a guess like DRAW_ or _RAWL fits several words, so one green pattern cannot settle it. If you hold four green tiles in that shape, spend the next guess on a word that splits the options by testing the open spot, such as a letter from N, L, T, C or D, instead of repeating the same four tiles. Because Drawl has never been an answer, a used-word list will not rule it out, so it is worth keeping on your list of candidates.

Yesterday's Wordle answer

Wordle #1975 on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026 was Snark. Yesterday's hints and full solution.