Is STAKE a Wordle Word?
Yes. STAKE is a valid Wordle word.
- Valid guess
- Past answer #1164 · Aug 26, 2024
It was the Wordle answer on August 26, 2024 (#1164).
Since February 2026, Wordle sometimes reuses past answers, so it could be the answer again.
What does STAKE mean?
/steɪk/
noun
- A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.“We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders.”
- A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
- A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.
5 more noun definitions
- (with definite article) The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.“Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake.”
- A share or interest in a business or a given situation.“The owners let the managers eventually earn a stake in the business.”
- That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
- A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching hole in or cutting a work piece, or for specific forming techniques etc.
- A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.
verb
- To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.“to stake vines or plants”
- To pierce or wound with a stake.
- To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
1 more verb definition
- To provide another with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.“His family staked him $10,000 to get his business started.”
Definition from Wiktionary, available under the CC BY-SA license.
STAKE in Wordle
- Starter word rating
- GoodIn the top 9% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
- Vowels
- A, E
- Unique letters
- 5 of 5
- Common letters
- T, A, E
Hard-mode trap: 8 valid words fit the pattern
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