Is DRONE a Wordle Word?

Yes. DRONE is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on May 26, 2025 (#1437).

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

What does DRONE mean?

/dɹəʊn/

noun

  1. A male ant, bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen bee.
  2. Someone who does not work; a lazy person, an idler.
  3. One who performs menial or tedious work.
1 more noun definition
  1. A remotely controlled aircraft, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).“One team member launched a camera drone over the Third Pole.”

verb

  1. To kill with a missile fired by unmanned aircraft.

Definition from Wiktionary, available under the CC BY-SA license.

DRONE in Wordle

Starter word rating
GoodIn the top 8% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
O, E
Unique letters
5 of 5
Common letters
R, O, E

Hard-mode trap: 7 valid words fit the pattern _RONE. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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