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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Hint 1Category
It's a noun. The person or thing in the ___ position. -
Hint 2Vowels & repeats
Today's word has just one vowel, and one letter appears more than once. -
Hint 3First letter
It starts with F. -
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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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.