Is CANNY a Wordle Word?
Yes. CANNY is a valid Wordle word.
- Valid guess
- Past answer #323 · May 8, 2022
It was the Wordle answer on May 8, 2022 (#323).
Since February 2026, Wordle sometimes reuses past answers, so it could be the answer again.
What does CANNY mean?
/ˈkæni/
adjective
- Careful, prudent, cautious.“The politician gave a canny response to the reporter's questions.”
- Knowing, shrewd, astute.“The canny lawyer knew just how to get what he wanted.”
- Frugal, thrifty.“canny investments”
2 more adjective definitions
- Pleasant, fair, favorable or agreeable to deal with.“She's a canny lass hor like!”
- Gentle, quiet, steady.“a canny horse”
adverb
- Very, considerably; quite, rather.“That's a canny big horse, man!”
- Gently, quietly; carefully, skilfully.“drive canny”
Definition from Wiktionary, available under the CC BY-SA license.
CANNY in Wordle
- Starter word rating
- WeakIn the top 77% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
- Vowels
- A
- Unique letters
- 4 of 5Repeats N
- Common letters
- A
Hard-mode trap: 8 valid words fit the pattern
_ANNY. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.
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