Is STRAY a Wordle Word?

Yes. STRAY is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on December 19, 2024 (#1279).

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

What does STRAY mean?

/stɹeɪ/

Any domestic animal that has no enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray.
One who is lost, either literally or metaphorically.
The act of wandering or going astray.

1 more noun definition

An area of common land or place administered for the use of general domestic animals, i.e. "the stray"

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

Starter word rating: GoodIn the top 9% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: A
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: T, R, A

Hard-mode trap: 7 valid words fit the pattern STRA_. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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