Is WADES a Wordle Word?

Yes. WADES is a valid Wordle word.

It is not on the Wordle answer list, so it is unlikely to be a daily answer.

Plurals ending in S are almost never chosen as Wordle answers.

What does WADES mean?

An act of wading.“We had to be careful during our dangerous wade across the river.}}”
A ford; a place to cross a river.

To walk through water or something that impedes progress.
To progress with difficulty“to wade through a dull book”
To walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading“wading swamps and rivers”

1 more verb definition

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

Starter word rating: AverageIn the top 24% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: A, E
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: A, E

Hard-mode trap: 11 valid words fit the pattern WA_ES. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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