Is DATED a Wordle Word?

Yes. DATED 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 DATED mean?

/ˈdeɪtɪd/

To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.“to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter”
To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
To determine the age of something.“to date the building of the pyramids”

5 more verb definitions

To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.
(by extension) To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.
(by extension) To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.“They met a couple of years ago, but have been dating for about five months.”
To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.“The comedian dated himself by making quips about bands from the 1960s.”
(with from) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.

Marked with a date.“The first dated entry in the diary was from October 1922.”
Outdated.“"Omnibus" is a dated term for a bus.”
Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context.“Calling a happy person gay seems awfully dated nowadays; people will assume you mean something else.”

1 more adjective definition

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

Starter word rating: AverageIn the top 33% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: A, E
Unique letters: 4 of 5Repeats D
Common letters: A, T, E

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