Is BOOBY a Wordle Word?

Yes. BOOBY is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on August 12, 2021 (#54).

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

What does BOOBY mean?

/ˈbuːbi/

A stupid person.
Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the gannet family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.
In the game of croquet, a ball that has not passed through the first wicket.

To behave stupidly; to act like a booby.
To install a booby trap on or at (something); to attack (someone) with a booby trap.

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

Starter word rating: WeakIn the top 100% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: O
Unique letters: 3 of 5Repeats B, O
Common letters: O

Hard-mode trap: 9 valid words fit the pattern BOO_Y. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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