Wordle #1640, for Monday, December 15, 2025, is DODGY. If you’re still solving, stop before the answer section: the hints below progress from general clues to meaning.
Spoiler-safe hints for Wordle #1640
Use these clues in order, stopping when you have enough to make your next guess.
- The word has one standard vowel and one letter that sometimes functions as a vowel.
- It begins with a consonant.
- One letter appears twice.
- Its meaning is close to “dishonest” or “dubious.”
Parade’s guide for #1640 provides these clues; Forbes also notes the doubled letter and describes the word as slang for someone or something shifty, potentially dangerous, or untrustworthy.
Wordle #1640 answer
Spoiler warning: the solution is below.
The answer is DODGY.
Parade identifies DODGY as the December 15 solution, and Forbes independently recounts arriving at the same answer for puzzle #1640.
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How Wordle feedback works
The standard puzzle gives you up to six attempts to guess a hidden five-letter word. After each guess, the tile colors show what you got right:
- Green: the letter is in the answer and in the correct position.
- Yellow: the letter is in the answer but in a different position.
- Gray: the letter is not in the answer.
These rules and the six-guess limit are described in Forbes’ guide to the puzzle.
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Sources
- Parade, “Today’s Wordle Hint, Answers for #1640 on Monday, December 15, 2025” (December 15, 2025).
- Forbes, Erik Kain, “Today’s Wordle #1640 Hints & Answer For Monday, December 15” (December 14, 2025, US Eastern time).
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