Is SCENT a Wordle Word?

Yes. SCENT is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on June 20, 2024 (#1097).

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

What does SCENT mean?

/sɛnt/

noun

  1. A distinctive odour or smell.“the scent of a skunk”
  2. An odour left by an animal that may be used for tracing.“The dogs lost the scent.”
  3. The sense of smell.“I believe the bloodhound has the best scent of all dogs.”
3 more noun definitions
  1. A perfume.
  2. Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase.
  3. Sense, perception.

verb

  1. To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell.“The hounds scented the fox in the woods.”
  2. To have a suspicion of.“I scented trouble when I saw them running down the hill towards me.”
  3. To impart an odour to.“Scent the air with burning sage before you begin your meditation.”
2 more verb definitions
  1. To have a smell.
  2. To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.

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

SCENT in Wordle

Starter word rating
AverageIn the top 14% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
E
Unique letters
5 of 5
Common letters
E, T

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