Is CRANK a Wordle Word?

Yes. CRANK is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on January 8, 2022 (#203).

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

What does CRANK mean?

/kɹæŋk/

A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.“I grind my coffee by hand with a coffee grinder with a crank handle.”
The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.“Yes, a crank was all it needed to start.”
Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.

9 more noun definitions

An ill-tempered or nasty person.“Billy-Bob is a nasty old crank! He chased my cat away.”
A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;
A fit of temper or passion.
(dated in US) A person who is considered strange or odd by others. They may behave in unconventional ways.“John is a crank because he talks to himself.”
(1800s) A baseball fan.
An advocate of a pseudoscience movement.“That crank next door thinks he’s created cold fusion in his garage.”
A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
A sick person; an invalid.
A penis.

To turn by means of a crank.“Motorists had to crank their engine by hand.”
To turn a crank.“He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank.”
(of a crank or similar) To turn.“He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank.”

4 more verb definitions

To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.“Crank it up!”
To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.“Quit cranking about your spilt milk!”
To be running at a high level of output or effort.“By one hour into the shift, the boys were really cranking.”
To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

Strange, weird, odd.
Sick; unwell
(of a ship) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.

1 more adjective definition

A highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug, similar to cocaine. Its systematic (IUPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine.

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Starter word rating: AverageIn the top 37% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: A
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: R, A

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