Is CHIEF a Wordle Word?
Yes. CHIEF is a valid Wordle word.
- Valid guess
- Past answer #436 · Aug 29, 2022
It was the Wordle answer on August 29, 2022 (#436).
Since February 2026, Wordle sometimes reuses past answers, so it could be the answer again.
What does CHIEF mean?
/tʃiːf/
noun
- A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.“All firefighters report to the fire chief.”
- The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
- The principal part or top of anything.
1 more noun definition
- An informal term of address, sometimes ironic.“Hey, chief.”
verb
- To smoke cannabis.
adjective
- Primary; principal.“Negligence was the chief cause of the disaster.”
- Intimate, friendly.
Definition from Wiktionary, available under the CC BY-SA license.
CHIEF in Wordle
- Starter word rating
- WeakIn the top 51% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
- Vowels
- I, E
- Unique letters
- 5 of 5
- Common letters
- I, E
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