Is SHALE a Wordle Word?

Yes. SHALE is a valid Wordle word.

It is on the original Wordle answer list and has not been an answer yet, so it could be a future answer.

What does SHALE mean?

/ʃeɪl/

noun

  1. A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
  2. A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.

verb

  1. To take off the shell or coat of.

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

SHALE in Wordle

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

Hard-mode trap: 7 valid words fit the pattern SHA_E. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

Letter ratings use how often each letter appears in Wordle answers.

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