Is LEECH a Wordle Word?

Yes. LEECH is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on August 23, 2024 (#1161).

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

What does LEECH mean?

/liːtʃ/

An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.

To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
To drain (resources) without giving back.“Bert leeched hundreds of files from the BBS, but never uploaded anything in return.”

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

Starter word rating: WeakIn the top 65% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: E
Unique letters: 4 of 5Repeats E
Common letters: L, E

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