Is GAPED a Wordle Word?

Yes. GAPED 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 GAPED mean?

/ɡeɪpt/

To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
To stare in wonder.
To open wide; to display a gap.

1 more verb definition

Of a cat: to open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.

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

Starter word rating: AverageIn the top 34% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: A, E
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: A, E

Hard-mode trap: 7 valid words fit the pattern _APED. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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