Is MOTEL a Wordle Word?

Yes. MOTEL is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on November 1, 2025 (#1596).

Since February 2026, Wordle sometimes reuses past answers, so it could be the answer again.

What does MOTEL mean?

/moʊˈtɛl/

noun

  1. A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms the entrances of which are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to automobiles parked there.
  2. A low-cost short-stay hotel, often with hourly rates rather than daily rates, and notorious for permitting illicit sexual activities; love hotel.

verb

  1. To stay in a motel or motels.

Definition from Wiktionary, available under the CC BY-SA license.

MOTEL in Wordle

Starter word rating
AverageIn the top 13% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
O, E
Unique letters
5 of 5
Common letters
O, T, E, L

Hard-mode trap: 6 valid words fit the pattern MOTE_. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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