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Wordle hints for February 16, 2025
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- The answer is a five-letter word.
- It contains three vowels.
- None of its letters is repeated.
- It begins with the letter S.
- It ends with a vowel—specifically, E.
- Its consonant-vowel pattern is CVVCV.
- The vowels are U, A, and E.
- It describes someone who is polished, smooth, sophisticated, or confidently charming.
Wordle answer for February 16, 2025
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The answer was SUAVE.
Wordle #1338 appeared on Sunday, February 16, 2025. The answer is identified in PC Gamer’s contemporaneous report and matches the date and puzzle number in TechRadar’s historical Wordle archive.
What does “suave” mean?
Suave is an adjective for someone or something that appears smooth, polished, graceful, sophisticated, or confidently charming. It commonly describes a person’s manners, delivery, appearance, or style—for example, “a suave presenter” or “a suave gentleman.”
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The word can sometimes carry a slightly skeptical shade: a person may seem impressively smooth and sophisticated, but also somewhat practiced or superficial. Merriam-Webster’s definition of suave includes ideas such as polished, urbane, graceful, confident, and smooth. Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries likewise connects the word with being confident, polite, and attractive in manner, and traces it through French to the Latin suavis, meaning agreeable or pleasant.
Why SUAVE fit the puzzle
SUAVE has five different letters and three vowels: U, A, and E. Its letters follow the pattern consonant-vowel-vowel-consonant-vowel:
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| Letter | S | U | A | V | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Consonant | Vowel | Vowel | Consonant | Vowel |
That combination makes the word especially distinctive once the opening S, the final E, and the three-vowel clue are known. The structural clues for this puzzle are also recorded in Xfire’s February 16 archive entry.
The surrounding Wordle answers
The answer before SUAVE was CROOK on February 15, 2025. The following day’s answer was TRAIL on February 17. That sequence is consistent with the #1338 date assignment in the chronological archive.
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Historical-answer note
This result is specifically for Sunday, February 16, 2025, not for a current Wordle date. If you are trying to solve the live puzzle, use the date shown in your Wordle game rather than this archived answer.
Frequently Asked Questions
What was the Wordle answer on February 16, 2025?
The answer was SUAVE, Wordle puzzle #1338.
How many vowels are in SUAVE?
SUAVE contains three vowels: U, A, and E. It has no repeated letters.
What does suave mean?
Suave describes someone or something that is smooth, polished, sophisticated, graceful, or confidently charming. It can occasionally suggest that the polish is somewhat superficial.
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The Bottom Line
The Wordle answer for February 16, 2025—puzzle #1338—was SUAVE, a five-letter word with three vowels and no repeated letters.
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