Is BIRLS a Wordle Word?

Yes. BIRLS 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 BIRLS mean?

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

Starter word rating: AverageIn the top 32% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: I
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: I, R, L

Hard-mode trap: 9 valid words fit the pattern _IRLS. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

Letter ratings use how often each letter appears in Wordle answers.

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