Is SWELL a Wordle Word?

Yes. SWELL is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on November 9, 2024 (#1239).

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

What does SWELL mean?

/swɛl/

To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
To cause to become bigger.“Rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring.”
To grow gradually in force or loudness.“The organ music swelled.”

5 more verb definitions

To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.“to be swelled with pride or haughtiness”
To be raised to arrogance.
To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.“swelling words a swelling style”
To protuberate; to bulge out.“A cask swells in the middle.”

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

Starter word rating: WeakIn the top 67% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: E
Unique letters: 4 of 5Repeats L
Common letters: E, L

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

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