Wordle #1843
Wordle Answer — Friday, January 23, 2026
The answer was a 5-letter noun
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Definition
BARONnoun
A member of the lowest rank of the British nobility, or a powerful person who dominates a particular industry or field.
The oil baron used his vast wealth to influence local politics.
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BARON can trip up Wordle players because it contains the less common ending -ON after a somewhat unusual consonant cluster, and players may confuse it with similar words like APRON or BATON, wasting guesses on those patterns.
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