Is GAPES a Wordle Word?

Yes. GAPES 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 GAPES mean?

/ɡeɪps/

noun

  1. An act of gaping; a yawn.
  2. A large opening.
  3. A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.
2 more noun definitions
  1. The width of an opening.
  2. The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish, etc.) when it is open.

verb

  1. To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
  2. To stare in wonder.
  3. To open wide; to display a gap.
1 more verb definition
  1. 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.

GAPES in Wordle

Starter word rating
AverageIn the top 19% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
A, E
Unique letters
5 of 5
Common letters
A, E

Hard-mode trap: 9 valid words fit the pattern _APES. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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