Wordle Answer for January 11, 2026 — Puzzle #1667 Hints and Solution

Quick Facts: Wordle #1667

Puzzle number: #1667
Date: January 11, 2026
Word length: Five letters
First letter: Q
Last letter: K
NYT tester difficulty: 3.1 out of 6
WordleBot average: 3.7 attempts (easy), 4.1 (hard)

The Hints, in Order

Each hint below adds one piece of information without giving away the rest — open them one at a time and stop as soon as you've got enough to make a confident guess.

1. Letter count +

The word has five letters and works as a noun.
2. Starting letter +

It begins with Q.
3. Vowel pattern +

There are two vowels, in the second and third positions.
4. Word ending +

It means In the Standard Model, one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter. They are theorized not to exist in isolation, but only in combinations in hadrons such as neutrons and protons or in quarkgluon plasmas..

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The Answer

The solution is QUARK. It's a noun that means In the Standard Model, one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter. They are theorized not to exist in isolation, but only in combinations in hadrons such as neutrons and protons or in quarkgluon plasmas.. Synonyms: ace, quark. Forms: quarks.

Repeated Letters

There are no repeated letters.

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