Is GATED a Wordle Word?

Yes. GATED 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 GATED mean?

/ˈɡeɪtɪd/

verb

  1. To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
  2. To punish, especially a child or teenager, by not allowing them to go out.
  3. To open a closed ion channel.
2 more verb definitions
  1. To furnish with a gate.
  2. To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively as needed, or to avoid damage. See autogating.

adjective

  1. Capable of being switched on and off (normally by means of a signal).
  2. Have a gate or other restricted access.“a gated community;  a source control system with gated check-ins”

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

GATED in Wordle

Starter word rating
AverageIn the top 15% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
A, E
Unique letters
5 of 5
Common letters
A, T, E

Hard-mode trap: 10 valid words fit the pattern _ATED. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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