Wordle · Archive · #54 · Thursday, August 12, 2021

Wordle #54 Answer — Thursday, August 12, 2021

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

Categorynoun
Vowels2
Starts withB
Difficulty10/10

Hints & Answer

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  1. Hint 1Category
    It's a noun. A stupid person.
  2. Hint 2Vowels & repeats
    Today's word has 2 vowels, and one letter appears more than once.
  3. Hint 3First letter
    It starts with B.
  4. Hint 4Getting closer
    Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the gannet family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.

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Wordle answer #54

BOOBY

noun /ˈbuːbi/

The Word, Explained

BOOBY /ˈbuːbi/ noun

A stupid person.

Close cousins: sulid

Tricky because the repeated O trips up guesses that assume five unique letters, and it leans on letters most starting words never probe.

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FAQ

What was the Wordle answer for #54?
Wordle #54 (Thursday, August 12, 2021) is BOOBY — a noun starting with B.
How hard was this Wordle?
We rated it 10/10 (Hard). Tricky because the repeated O trips up guesses that assume five unique letters, and it leans on letters most starting words never probe.