Is LEMON a Wordle Word?

Yes. LEMON is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on January 7, 2023 (#567).

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

What does LEMON mean?

/ˈlɛmən/

noun

  1. A yellowish citrus fruit.
  2. A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.
  3. A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.
4 more noun definitions
  1. A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
  2. A defective or inadequate item or individual.“He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon.”
  3. (shortened from “lemon flavour”) Favor.“A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon, I could get it for half that.”
  4. A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex (named after the erotic anime series Cream Lemon).

verb

  1. To flavour with lemon.“You can start the vegetables cooking while you are lemoning the fish.”

adjective

  1. Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
  2. Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
  3. (from "lemon tart") Smart; cheeky, vocal.

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

LEMON in Wordle

Starter word rating
AverageIn the top 19% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
E, O
Unique letters
5 of 5
Common letters
L, E, O

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