Is BOUGH a Wordle Word?
Yes. BOUGH is a valid Wordle word.
- Valid guess
- Past answer #472 · Oct 4, 2022
It was the Wordle answer on October 4, 2022 (#472).
Since February 2026, Wordle sometimes reuses past answers, so it could be the answer again.
What does BOUGH mean?
/baʊ/
noun
- A firm branch of a tree.“When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall.”
- The gallows.
Definition from Wiktionary, available under the CC BY-SA license.
BOUGH in Wordle
- Starter word rating
- WeakIn the top 88% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
- Vowels
- O, U
- Unique letters
- 5 of 5
- Common letters
- O
Hard-mode trap: 8 valid words fit the pattern
_OUGH. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.
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