Is BLACK a Wordle Word?

Yes. BLACK is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on April 10, 2022 (#295).

Since February 2026, Wordle sometimes reuses past answers, so it could be the answer again.

What does BLACK mean?

/blak/

noun

  1. The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
  2. A black dye or pigment.
  3. A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
12 more noun definitions
  1. (in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
  2. (sometimes capitalised) A person of African, Aborigine, or Maori descent; a dark-skinned person.
  3. Blackness, the condition of having dark skin.
  4. The black ball.
  5. The edge of home plate.
  6. A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
  7. Blackcurrant syrup (in mixed drinks, e.g. snakebite and black, cider and black).
  8. (in chess and similar games) The person playing with the black set of pieces.“At this point black makes a disastrous move.”
  9. Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.
  10. A stain; a spot.
  11. A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.
  12. Marijuana.

verb

  1. To make black; to blacken.
  2. To apply blacking to (something).
  3. To boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.

adjective

  1. (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
  2. (of a place, etc) Without light.
  3. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
15 more adjective definitions
  1. Designated for use by those ethnic groups which have dark pigmentation of the skin.“black drinking fountain; black hospital”
  2. (of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits. Compare red“I was dealt two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.”
  3. Bad; evil; ill-omened.
  4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen.“He shot her a black look.”
  5. (of objects, markets, etc) Illegitimate, illegal or disgraced.
  6. Overcrowded.
  7. (of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk or creamer.“Jim drinks his coffee black, but Ellen prefers it with creamer.”
  8. Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour).
  9. Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color. Compare white.
  10. Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.“After the election, the parties united in a black-yellow alliance.”
  11. Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.“5 percent of the Defense Department funding will go to black projects.”
  12. Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
  13. Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic
  14. Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc) that is dark (or black); in taxonomy, especially: dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.
  15. Foul; dirty.

Definition from Wiktionary, available under the CC BY-SA license.

BLACK in Wordle

Starter word rating
WeakIn the top 69% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
A
Unique letters
5 of 5
Common letters
L, A

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