Is TRIED a Wordle Word?

Yes. TRIED 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 TRIED mean?

/tɹaɪd/

To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.“I tried to rollerblade, but I couldn’t.”
To divide; to separate.
To test, to work out.

4 more verb definitions

To experiment, to strive.
To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
To strain; to subject to excessive tests.“Repeated failures try one's patience.”
(used with another verb) To want“I am really not trying to hear you talk about my mama like that.”

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

Starter word rating: GoodIn the top 5% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: I, E
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: T, R, I, E

Hard-mode trap: 6 valid words fit the pattern _RIED. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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