Is HEAVE a Wordle Word?

Yes. HEAVE is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on March 12, 2024 (#997).

Since February 2026, Wordle sometimes reuses past answers, so it could be the answer again.

What does HEAVE mean?

/hiːv/

noun

  1. An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.
  2. An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, etc.
  3. A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.
4 more noun definitions
  1. The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time. Compare pitch.
  2. An effort to vomit; retching.
  3. (only used attributively as in "heave line" or "heave horse") Broken wind in horses.
  4. A forceful shot in which the ball follows a high trajectory

verb

  1. To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).“We heaved the chest-of-drawers on to the second-floor landing.”
  2. To throw, cast.“The cap'n hove the body overboard.”
  3. To rise and fall.“Her chest heaved with emotion.”
10 more verb definitions
  1. To utter with effort.“She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window.”
  2. To pull up with a rope or cable.“Heave up the anchor there, boys!”
  3. To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.
  4. To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
  5. To displace (a vein, stratum).
  6. To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.“The wind heaved the waves.”
  7. To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.“to heave the ship ahead”
  8. To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.“The smell of the old cheese was enough to make you heave.”
  9. To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
  10. To rob; to steal from; to plunder.

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

HEAVE in Wordle

Starter word rating
WeakIn the top 68% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
E, A
Unique letters
4 of 5Repeats E
Common letters
E, A

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