Three of its five letters are vowels.
Wordle archive
Hint streak: 0 days
Wordle Answer Jan 9 #569
6.0/10
Need a little help? Reveal only as much as you need — and past days stay hidden until you ask.
Wordle hints
Hints get stronger as you go — gentle, then medium, then strong.
Hints used: 0 / 6
It's a noun — a thing, not an action or a describing word.
One letter appears twice, but not as a consecutive pair.
It begins with P.
It ends with E.
(fantasy literature, fairy tales) A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature.
🐾
Two letters remain hidden.
PXE
Board helper
Help me from my board
Enter greens, yellows, and misses from your board — we'll narrow the possibilities without revealing the answer.
Open the solverThe answer
Tap a tile to reveal one letter.
PIXIE
noun
/ˈpɪksi/
(fantasy literature, fairy tales) A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature.
Similar: brownie, fair, gnome, imp
Difficulty 6.0/10
PIXIE repeats a letter without pairing them consecutively, which is easy to miss after the first green or yellow hits.
Difficulty
6.0/10
Wordle DNA
Vocabulary3.5
Letter rarity3.0
Duplicates5.5
Ambiguity7.0
Why?
The main pressure is ambiguity (7/10).
Moderate challenge: repeated letter, vowel-heavy shape keeps a few plausible neighbors alive longer than the word's length suggests.
Word analysis
Reveal the answer to unlock this analysis
PIXIE repeats a letter without pairing them consecutively, which is easy to miss after the first green or yellow hits.
Letters. I repeat(s) inside the word. 3 vowels (I, I, E).
Pattern. CVCVV. Starts with P, ends with E.
Explore
More Wordle help
Nearby puzzles