Is BATED a Wordle Word?

Yes. BATED is a valid Wordle word.

It is not on the Wordle answer list, so it is unlikely to be a daily answer.

Past-tense words ending in ED are almost never chosen as Wordle answers.

What does BATED mean?

/ˈbeɪtɪd/

verb

  1. To reduce the force of something; to abate.
  2. To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
  3. (sometimes figurative) To cut off, remove, take away.
5 more verb definitions
  1. To leave out, except, bar.
  2. To waste away.
  3. To deprive of.
  4. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
  5. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.

verb

  1. To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
  2. Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.

verb

  1. To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.

verb

  1. To masturbate.“I could go out and take a walk in the park, but I'd rather stay home and bate all day.”

adjective

  1. Reduced; lowered; restrained

Definition from Wiktionary, available under the CC BY-SA license.

BATED in Wordle

Starter word rating
AverageIn the top 17% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
A, E
Unique letters
5 of 5
Common letters
A, T, E

Hard-mode trap: 10 valid words fit the pattern _ATED. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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