Is TENOR a Wordle Word?

Yes. TENOR is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on September 7, 2025 (#1541).

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

What does TENOR mean?

/tɛnə(ɹ)/

noun

  1. A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
  2. A person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
  3. A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.
9 more noun definitions
  1. The lowest tuned in a ring of bells.
  2. Tone, as of a conversation.
  3. Duration; continuance; a state of holding on in a continuous course; general tendency; career.
  4. The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
  5. Time to maturity of a bond.
  6. Stamp; character; nature.
  7. An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.
  8. That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
  9. A tenor saxophone.

adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.“He has a tenor voice.”

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

TENOR in Wordle

Starter word rating
ExcellentIn the top 2% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
E, O
Unique letters
5 of 5
Common letters
T, E, O, R

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