Wordle Answer for November 20, 2023
Players who opened Wordle on November 20, 2023 were trying to land on CANDY. We've kept the day's hints around so you can revisit them — or use the archive to settle a debate about a tricky past puzzle.
The answer
CANDY
What candy means
A sweet food made from sugar or other sweeteners, often combined with flavorings, colorings, and other ingredients, and shaped into bars, pieces, or hard sweets.
Where the word comes from
Candy comes from Old French "candi," borrowed from Arabic "qandi," which derives from Sanskrit "khanda" meaning "piece" or "fragment." The word traveled westward through trade routes, originally describing crystallized sugar before being applied more broadly to sweets.
Hints for November 20, 2023
Each row is the starting word our algorithm picks for that turn count, with the tiles Wordle would have shown in response.
Synonyms of candy
- sugarcoat
- glaze
- taffy
- lollipop
- confection
- confectionery
- chocolate
- dessert
Used in a sentence
She bought a box of _____ at the corner store for her daughter's birthday party.
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