Is SHAME a Wordle Word?

Yes. SHAME is a valid Wordle word.

It was the Wordle answer on April 15, 2022 (#300).

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

What does SHAME mean?

/ʃeɪm/

noun

  1. Uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor or something being exposed that should have been kept private.“The teenager couldn’t bear the shame of introducing his parents.”
  2. Something to regret.“It was a shame not to see the show after driving all that way.”
  3. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
2 more noun definitions
  1. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
  2. That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.

interjection

  1. A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, either to denounce the speaker or to agree with the speaker's denunciation of some person or matter; often used reduplicated, especially in political debates.
  2. Expressing sympathy.“Shame, you poor thing, you must be cold!”

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

SHAME in Wordle

Starter word rating
AverageIn the top 17% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
A, E
Unique letters
5 of 5
Common letters
A, 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.

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