Is GUMBO a Wordle Word?
Yes. GUMBO is a valid Wordle word.
- Valid guess
- Past answer #1669 · Jan 13, 2026
It was the Wordle answer on January 13, 2026 (#1669).
Since February 2026, Wordle sometimes reuses past answers, so it could be the answer again.
What does GUMBO mean?
noun
- A soup or stew made with okra.
- A fine silty soil that when wet becomes very thick and heavy.
noun
- The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.
- The flowering mallow plant Abelmoschus esculentus itself, now commonly grown in the tropics and warmer parts of the temperate zones.
Definition from Wiktionary, available under the CC BY-SA license.
GUMBO in Wordle
- Starter word rating
- WeakIn the top 91% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
- Vowels
- U, O
- Unique letters
- 5 of 5
- Common letters
- O
Hard-mode trap: 6 valid words fit the pattern
_UMBO. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.
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