#1613 Wordle Answer and Hints for 2025-11-18 - OPINE

Hi! I'm a Wordle fan from China. Here's my Wordle strategy for 2025/11/18. I like to open with ALIKE to quickly identify key letters and vowels.

Excellent start! From ALIKE I immediately get fantastic information - I is correctly positioned at position 3 (green) and E is correctly positioned at position 5 (green)! I also learn that A, L, and K are all absent from the word. This gives me a great foundation with the pattern __I_E.

Next I try BRIDE to test new consonants while maintaining the established I and E positions. This shows B, R, and D are all absent, but confirms I at position 3 and E at position 5 are still correct. The pattern remains __I_E with the middle letters still to determine.

Great progress! I try SPICE to test S and P while positioning the known letters. This is perfect - P locks in position 2 (green), and I and E remain correctly positioned! Now I have the pattern _PI_E with just the first and fourth letters to determine.

Answer found: OPINE - solved in 4 guesses! OPINE means to express an opinion or judgment about something, often used in formal contexts like 'opining on the matter'. The key breakthrough was using SPICE to establish the _PI_E pattern, which made finding the final solution straightforward.