Is BEARS a Wordle Word?

Yes. BEARS 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 BEARS mean?

/bɛəz/

A large omnivorous mammal, related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of family Ursidae.
A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
An investor who sells commodities, securities or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.

6 more noun definitions

A state policeman (short for smokey bear).
A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
A portable punching machine.
A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
The fifteenth Lenormand card.
Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.“That window can be a bear to open.”

To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.“Judging from the look on his face, he wasn't bearing good news.”
To support, sustain, or endure.
To support, keep up, or maintain.

4 more verb definitions

To press or impinge upon.
To produce, yield, give birth to.
(originally nautical) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).“By my readings, we're bearing due south, so we should turn about ten degrees east.”
To gain or win.

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

Starter word rating: GoodIn the top 3% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: E, A
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: E, A, R

Hard-mode trap: 13 valid words fit the pattern _EARS. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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