Is BRACE a Wordle Word?

Yes. BRACE is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on August 16, 2024 (#1154).

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What does BRACE mean?

/bɹeɪs/

noun

  1. Armor for the arm; vambrace.
  2. A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.
  3. A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
13 more noun definitions
  1. That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
  2. A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
  3. A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
  4. The state of being braced or tight; tension.
  5. Harness; warlike preparation.
  6. A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves.
  7. A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (The plural in this sense is unchanged.) In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.
  8. A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.
  9. A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
  10. The mouth of a shaft.
  11. (chiefly in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
  12. (plural in North America, singular or plural in the UK) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.
  13. Two goals scored by one player in a game.

verb

  1. To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.“All hands, brace for impact!”
  2. To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.“He braced himself against the crowd.”
  3. To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind.“to brace the yards”
5 more verb definitions
  1. To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
  2. To confront with questions, demands or requests.
  3. To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.“to brace a beam in a building”
  4. To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.“to brace the nerves”
  5. To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.

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BRACE in Wordle

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GoodIn the top 7% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
A, E
Unique letters
5 of 5
Common letters
R, A, E

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