Wordle Answer for July 9, 2025
Players who opened Wordle on July 9, 2025 were trying to land on NOVEL. 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
NOVEL
What novel means
A book-length work of fiction telling a story about imaginary characters and events, typically with a complex plot and emotional depth.
Where the word comes from
From Old French *novel*, meaning "new," derived from Latin *novellus*, the diminutive of *novus* ("new"). The sense shifted from simply "new" to "a new kind of literary work" by the 16th century, as the prose narrative form was still relatively recent in European literature. The root *novus* traces back to Proto-Indo-European *newos*, shared with English "new."
Hints for July 9, 2025
Each row is the starting word our algorithm picks for that turn count, with the tiles Wordle would have shown in response.
Synonyms of novel
- original
- fresh
- new
- refreshing
Used in a sentence
The author spent three years writing a _____ about a detective solving crimes in Victorian London.
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