Is CHAFE a Wordle Word?
Yes. CHAFE is a valid Wordle word.
- Valid guess
- Past answer #531 · Dec 2, 2022
It was the Wordle answer on December 2, 2022 (#531).
Since February 2026, Wordle sometimes reuses past answers, so it could be the answer again.
What does CHAFE mean?
/tʃeɪf/
noun
- Heat excited by friction.
- Injury or wear caused by friction.
- Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
1 more noun definition
- An expression of opinionated conflict.
verb
- To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
- To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
- To fret and wear by rubbing.“to chafe a cable”
3 more verb definitions
- To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
- To be worn by rubbing.“A cable chafes.”
- To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
Definition from Wiktionary, available under the CC BY-SA license.
CHAFE in Wordle
- Starter word rating
- AverageIn the top 33% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
- Vowels
- A, E
- Unique letters
- 5 of 5
- Common letters
- A, E
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