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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Hint 1Category
It's a noun. A stupid person. -
Hint 2Vowels & repeats
Today's word has 2 vowels, and one letter appears more than once. -
Hint 3First letter
It starts with B. -
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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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.