Wordle · Archive · #1427 · Friday, May 16, 2025

Wordle #1427 Answer — Friday, May 16, 2025

Hints, difficulty, the word, and what it means.

Categorynoun
Vowels1
Starts withF
Difficulty8/10

Hints & Answer

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  1. Hint 1Category
    It's a noun. The person or thing in the ___ position.
  2. Hint 2Vowels & repeats
    Today's word has just one vowel, and one letter appears more than once.
  3. Hint 3First letter
    It starts with F.
  4. Hint 4Getting closer
    One of five equal parts of a whole.

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Wordle answer #1427

FIFTH

noun /fɪft/

The Word, Explained

FIFTH /fɪft/ noun

The person or thing in the fifth position.

Close cousins: ⅕, 5th, v, vth

Tricky because the repeated F trips up guesses that assume five unique letters, and with a single vowel, early guesses reveal little.

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FAQ

What was the Wordle answer for #1427?
Wordle #1427 (Friday, May 16, 2025) is FIFTH — a noun starting with F.
How hard was this Wordle?
We rated it 8/10 (Hard). Tricky because the repeated F trips up guesses that assume five unique letters, and with a single vowel, early guesses reveal little.