Wordle Answer for March 23, 2025

Players who opened Wordle on March 23, 2025 were trying to land on DOPEY. We've kept the day's hints around so you can revisit them — or use the archive to settle a debate about a tricky past puzzle.

The answer

DOPEY

What dopey means

Stupid or slow to understand; lacking mental sharpness or alertness.

Where the word comes from

Dopey comes from dope, which originally meant a thick liquid or sauce in Dutch (doop). By the 1800s, dope referred to any drug or narcotic substance, then to a stupid person under the influence. The adjective dopey, meaning stupid or sluggish, naturally followed from this sense of being drugged or foolish.

Hints for March 23, 2025

Each row is the starting word our algorithm picks for that turn count, with the tiles Wordle would have shown in response.

Solve in 2 turnsdoped
Solve in 3 turnshoped
Solve in 4 turnsdepot
Solve in 5 turnsopted
Solve in 6 turnspedro

Synonyms of dopey

  • anserine
  • stupid
  • foolish
  • fool
  • dopy
  • goosey
  • gooselike
  • goosy

Used in a sentence

The _____ character in the film kept tripping over his own feet throughout the entire scene.

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