Is PLUCK a Wordle Word?

Yes. PLUCK is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on December 21, 2021 (#185).

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

What does PLUCK mean?

/plʌk/

An instance of plucking.“Those tiny birds are hardly worth the tedious pluck.”
The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.“He didn't get far with the attempt, but you have to admire his pluck.”

1 more noun definition

To pull something sharply; to pull something out“She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled.”
To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.
To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.“Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it.”

6 more verb definitions

To remove feathers from a bird.
To rob, fleece, steal forcibly“The horny highwayman plucked his victims to their underwear, or attractive ones all the way.”
To play a string instrument pizzicato.“Plucking a bow instrument may cause a string to break.”
To pull or twitch sharply.“to pluck at somebody's sleeve”
(university slang) To be rejected after failing an examination for a degree.
Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing.

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

Starter word rating: WeakIn the top 87% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: U
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: L

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