Is FADES a Wordle Word?

Yes. FADES 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 FADES mean?

/feɪdz/

A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the right. See slice, hook, draw.
A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade.
A fight.

2 more noun definitions

A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song).
The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure.

To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.“The milkman's whistling faded into the distance.”

2 more verb definitions

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

Starter word rating: AverageIn the top 23% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: A, E
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: A, E

Hard-mode trap: 11 valid words fit the pattern FA_ES. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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