Is NIGHT a Wordle Word?

Yes. NIGHT is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on July 12, 2022 (#388).

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

What does NIGHT mean?

/naɪt/

noun

  1. The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.“How do you sleep at night when you attack your kids like that!?”
  2. (Astronomy) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.
  3. (Legal) Often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
6 more noun definitions
  1. An evening or night spent at a particular activity.“a night on the town”
  2. A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a place away from home, e.g. a hotel.“I stayed my friend's house for three nights.”
  3. Nightfall.“from noon till night”
  4. Darkness (due to it being nighttime).“The cat disappeared into the night.”
  5. A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
  6. A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.

verb

  1. To spend a night (in a place), to overnight.

interjection

  1. Ellipsis of good night“Night, y'all! Thanks for a great evening!”

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

NIGHT in Wordle

Starter word rating
WeakIn the top 65% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
I
Unique letters
5 of 5
Common letters
I, T

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