Is SHAKE a Wordle Word?

Yes. SHAKE is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on February 17, 2022 (#243).

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

What does SHAKE mean?

/ˈʃeɪk/

The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.“She replied in the negative, with a shake of her head.”
A milkshake.
A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.

10 more noun definitions

Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
(building material) A thin shingle.
A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
A fissure in rock or earth.
A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
A shook of staves and headings.
The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.“He shook the can of soda for thirty seconds before delivering it to me, so that, when I popped it open, soda went everywhere.”
To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance or disapproval.“Shaking his head, he kept repeating "No, no, no".”
To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.“to shake fruit down from a tree”

8 more verb definitions

To disturb emotionally; to shock.“He was shaken by what had happened.”
To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).“I can't shake the feeling that I forgot something.”
To move from side to side.“She shook with grief.”
(usually as "shake on") To shake hands.“OK, let's shake on it.”
To dance.“She was shaking it on the dance floor.”
To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.“to shake a note in music”
To threaten to overthrow.“The experience shook my religious belief.”
To be agitated; to lose firmness.

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

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Vowels: A, E
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: A, E

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