Wordle Answer for July 16, 2025
Players who opened Wordle on July 16, 2025 were trying to land on NERVY. 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
NERVY
What nervy means
Bold or daring in a way that shows confidence or disregard for risk or propriety, or causing nervousness and tension.
Where the word comes from
Nervy comes from nerve, which developed from the Latin nervus meaning "sinew" or "tendon." In the late 1800s, nerve acquired the slang sense of boldness or audacity, comparing courage to muscular strength. Nervy followed as an adjective around the same period, initially meaning "having strong nerves" or bold, but also came to mean impudent or presumptuous, the sense most common today.
Hints for July 16, 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 nervy
- restive
- jittery
- bold
- tense
- cheeky
- high-strung
- forward
- nervous
Used in a sentence
She felt _____ stepping onto the stage for her first solo performance in front of thousands.
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