Is DUMMY a Wordle Word?

Yes. DUMMY is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on April 28, 2025 (#1409).

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

What does DUMMY mean?

/ˈdʌmi/

9 more noun definitions

Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.“To understand the effects of the accident, we dropped a dummy from the rooftop.”
A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw.
A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.“The hammer and drill in the display are dummies.”
A "dummy teat"; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby; a pacifier.“The baby wants her dummy.”
A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.
A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.“The pronoun "it" in "It's a mystery why this happened" is a dummy.”
An unused parameter or value.“If flag1 is false, the other parameters are dummies.”
A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.
A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player; a feint.

To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.“The carpenters dummied some props for the rehearsals.”
To feint.

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

Starter word rating: WeakIn the top 99% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: U
Unique letters: 4 of 5Repeats M

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