Is HATES a Wordle Word?

Yes. HATES 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 HATES mean?

/heɪts/

noun

  1. An object of hatred.“One of my pet hates is traffic wardens.”
  2. Hatred.“He gave me a look filled with pure hate.”
  3. Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.

verb

  1. To dislike intensely or greatly.
  2. To experience hatred.“Do not fear; he who fears hates; he who hates kills. — attributed to Gandhi”

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

HATES in Wordle

Starter word rating
GoodIn the top 4% 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: 13 valid words fit the pattern _ATES. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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