Wordle · Archive · #1727 · Thursday, March 12, 2026
Wordle #1727 Answer — Thursday, March 12, 2026
Hints, difficulty, the word, and what it means.
Hints & Answer
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Hint 1Category
It's a noun. A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance. -
Hint 2Vowels & repeats
Today's word has just one vowel, and one letter appears more than once. -
Hint 3First letter
It starts with S. -
Hint 4Getting closer
The sense that detects odours.
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Wordle answer #1727
SMELL
noun /smɛl/
The Word, Explained
A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
"I love the smell of fresh bread."
Close cousins: olfaction, detect, sense, pong
Tricky because the repeated L trips up guesses that assume five unique letters, and with a single vowel, early guesses reveal little.
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