Is DARES a Wordle Word?

Yes. DARES is a valid Wordle word.

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

Plurals ending in S are almost never chosen as Wordle answers.

What does DARES mean?

/dɛəz/

noun

  1. A challenge to prove courage.
  2. The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness.
  3. Defiance; challenge.

verb

  1. To have enough courage (to do something).“I wouldn't dare argue with my boss.”
  2. To defy or challenge (someone to do something)“I dare you (to) kiss that girl.”
  3. To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to“Will you dare death to reach your goal?”
2 more verb definitions
  1. To terrify; to daunt.
  2. To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them.

verb

  1. To stare stupidly or vacantly; to gaze as though amazed or terrified.
  2. To lie or crouch down in fear.

noun

  1. A small fish, the dace.

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

DARES in Wordle

Starter word rating
ExcellentIn the top 2% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
A, E
Unique letters
5 of 5
Common letters
A, R, E

Hard-mode trap: 14 valid words fit the pattern _ARES. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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