Is CRUEL a Wordle Word?
Yes. CRUEL is a valid Wordle word.
- Valid guess
- Past answer #1684 · Jan 28, 2026
It was the Wordle answer on January 28, 2026 (#1684).
Since February 2026, Wordle sometimes reuses past answers, so it could be the answer again.
What does CRUEL mean?
/kɹuː(ə)l/
verb
- To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)
- To violently provoke (a child) in the belief that this will make them more assertive.
adjective
- Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.“The supervisor was very cruel to Josh, as he would always give Josh the hardest, most degrading work he could find.”
- Harsh; severe.
- Cool; awesome; neat.
adverb
- To a great degree; terribly.
Definition from Wiktionary, available under the CC BY-SA license.
CRUEL in Wordle
- Starter word rating
- GoodIn the top 9% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
- Vowels
- U, E
- Unique letters
- 5 of 5
- Common letters
- R, E, L
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