Is WALES a Wordle Word?

Yes. WALES 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 WALES mean?

/weɪlz/

noun

  1. A ridge or low barrier.
  2. A raised rib in knit goods or fabric, especially corduroy. (As opposed to course).
  3. The texture of a piece of fabric.
5 more noun definitions
  1. A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship. (See gunwale, chainwale)
  2. A horizontal timber used for supporting or retaining earth.
  3. A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
  4. A ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
  5. A ridge or streak produced on skin by a cane or whip.

verb

  1. To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt.
  2. To give a surface a texture of wales or welts.

noun

  1. Something selected as being the best, preference; choice.

verb

  1. To choose, select.

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

WALES in Wordle

Starter word rating
GoodIn the top 10% 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: 15 valid words fit the pattern _ALES. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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