Is BOULT a Wordle Word?

Yes. BOULT is a valid Wordle word.

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

What does BOULT mean?

noun

  1. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
  2. A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
  3. A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
10 more noun definitions
  1. A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
  2. A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
  3. A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
  4. A sudden event, action or emotion.“The problem's solution struck him like a bolt from the blue.”
  5. A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.“24 March 1774 - Newspaper: Stamford Mercury - "Mr. Cole, Basket-maker...has lost near 300 boults of rods" https//www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000254/17740324/001/0001”
  6. A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.“The horse made a bolt.”
  7. A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
  8. A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
  9. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
  10. A burst of speed or efficiency.

verb

  1. To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.“Bolt the vice to the bench.”
  2. To secure a door by locking or barring it.“Bolt the door.”
  3. To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.“Seeing the snake, the horse bolted.”
8 more verb definitions
  1. To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).“to bolt a rabbit”
  2. To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
  3. To escape.
  4. Of a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed.“Lettuce and spinach will bolt as the weather warms up.”
  5. To swallow food without chewing it.
  6. To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.“Come on, everyone, bolt your drinks; I want to go to the next pub!”
  7. To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
  8. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.

noun

  1. A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.

verb

  1. To sift, especially through a cloth.
  2. To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.“Graham flour is unbolted flour.”
  3. To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
1 more verb definition
  1. To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.

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BOULT in Wordle

Starter word rating
WeakIn the top 53% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
O, U
Unique letters
5 of 5
Common letters
O, L, T

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