Is SHONE a Wordle Word?

Yes. SHONE is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on September 20, 2026 (#1919).

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

What does SHONE mean?

/ʃɒn/

To emit light.
To reflect light.
To distinguish oneself; to excel.“My nephew tried other sports before deciding on football, which he shone at right away, quickly becoming the star of his school team.”

6 more verb definitions

To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
To be immediately apparent.
To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).“I shone my light into the darkness to see what was making the noise.”
To cause to shine, as a light.
To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.“in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them”

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

Starter word rating: AverageIn the top 16% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: O, E
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: O, E

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