Wordle #874
Wordle Answer — Friday, January 9, 2026
The answer was a 5-letter noun/adjective
E
I
G
H
T
Definition
EIGHTnoun/adjective
The number equivalent to the sum of seven and one, represented as 8.
She blew out eight candles on her birthday cake.
Was this a hard one?
EIGHT is tricky because of its highly unusual letter pattern — it contains a silent GH and no common vowels like A or O, leading players to overlook the IGH combination. The presence of both E and I as the only vowels, paired with the silent GH cluster, makes it a deceptive and uncommon Wordle target.
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