UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

October 20, 2021

First Trust High Yield Opportunities 2027 Term Fund

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Massachusetts	811-23565	85-1075664
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400

Wheaton, Illinois

60187

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code

(630) 765-8000

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

First Trust High Yield Opportunities 2027 Term Fund (the "Fund") is filing herewith a press release issued on October 20, 2021, as Exhibit 99.1. The press release was issued by First Trust Advisors L.P. to announce the appointment of Denise M. Keefe as a Trustee of the Fund, effective November 1, 2021. Details regarding the appointment are contained in the press release included herein.

Ms. Keefe has also been appointed as a member of the Audit Committee, the Valuation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee for the Fund.

Ms. Keefe is not currently a party to any transaction with the Fund or First Trust Advisors L.P. that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

	Exhibit
	Number	Description

	99.1	Press release of First Trust Advisors L.P. dated October 20, 2021.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		First Trust High Yield Opportunities 2027 Term Fund

Date	October 21, 2021	/s/ W. Scott Jardine
		Name: W. Scott Jardine
		Title: Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

	Exhibit
	Number	Description

	99.1	Press release of First Trust Advisors L.P. dated October 20, 2021.

FIRST TRUST HIGH YIELD OPPORTUNITIES 2027 TERM FUND 8-K