Is HAUNT a Wordle Word?

Yes. HAUNT is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on July 26, 2025 (#1498).

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

What does HAUNT mean?

/hænt/

noun

  1. A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.“I went back the town I used to live and visited all my old haunts.”
  2. A ghost.
  3. A feeding place for animals.

verb

  1. To inhabit, or visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).“A couple of ghosts haunt the old, burnt-down house.”
  2. To make uneasy, restless.“The memory of his past failures haunted him.”
  3. To stalk, to follow“The policeman haunted him, following him everywhere.”
4 more verb definitions
  1. To live habitually; to stay, to remain.
  2. To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to.
  3. To practise; to devote oneself to.
  4. To persist in staying or visiting.

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

HAUNT in Wordle

Starter word rating
AverageIn the top 36% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
A, U
Unique letters
5 of 5
Common letters
A, T

Hard-mode trap: 9 valid words fit the pattern _AUNT. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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