Is HOWDY a Wordle Word?
Yes. HOWDY is a valid Wordle word.
- Valid guess
- Past answer #477 · Oct 9, 2022
It was the Wordle answer on October 9, 2022 (#477).
Since February 2026, Wordle sometimes reuses past answers, so it could be the answer again.
What does HOWDY mean?
/ˈhaʊdi/
noun
- A wife, a midwife.
verb
- To greet informally, especially by saying "howdy"
interjection
- An informal greeting used in the South of the USA.“Howdy folks, and welcome to our ninth annual chili cookoff!”
Definition from Wiktionary, available under the CC BY-SA license.
HOWDY in Wordle
- Starter word rating
- WeakIn the top 90% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
- Vowels
- O
- Unique letters
- 5 of 5
- Common letters
- O
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