Is SHAFT a Wordle Word?

Yes. SHAFT is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on July 20, 2024 (#1127).

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

What does SHAFT mean?

The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.“Her hand slipped off the javelin's shaft towards the spearpoint and that's why her score was lowered.”
(by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.

10 more noun definitions

Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, the driveshaft of a motorized vehicle with rear-wheel drive, an axle, etc.
A beam or ray of light.“Isn't that shaft of light from that opening in the cave beautiful?”
The main axis of a feather.“I had no idea that they removed the feathers' shafts to make the pillows softer!”
The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.“Sarah, if you wear gloves your hands might not slip on your shaft and you can up your game, girl!”
A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine“Your grandfather used to work with a crane hauling ore out of the gold mine's shafts.”
A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft.“Darn it, my keys fell through the gap and into the elevator shaft.”
A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct.“Our parrot flew into the air duct and got stuck in the shaft.”
Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
The main cylindrical part of the penis.“The female labia minora is homologous to the penis shaft skin of males.”
The chamber of a blast furnace.

To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.“Your boss really shafted you by stealing your idea like that.”
To equip with a shaft.
To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.“Turns out my roommate was shafting my girlfriend.”

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

Starter word rating: WeakIn the top 48% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: A
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: A, T

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