Is HOOTY a Wordle Word?

Yes. HOOTY is a valid Wordle word.

It is not on the Wordle answer list, so it is unlikely to be a daily answer.

What does HOOTY mean?

Characterised by a hooting sound.“Berg's partner here, Sophie Daneman, a young British soprano, has a small, pure, lyric voice that occasionally turns hooty (characteristic of many Britsh sopranos).”
Very funny; hilarious; fit to make one hoot with laughter.“In this hooty gay twist on those "choose your own adventure" paperbacks, you have to save yourself from zombie drag queens”

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

Starter word rating: WeakIn the top 86% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: O
Unique letters: 4 of 5Repeats O
Common letters: O, T

Hard-mode trap: 8 valid words fit the pattern _OOTY. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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