Is BORES a Wordle Word?

Yes. BORES 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 BORES mean?

/bɔːz/

A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.“the bore of a cannon”
The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.

4 more noun definitions

To inspire boredom in somebody.
To make a hole through something.
To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.“An insect bores into a tree.”

6 more verb definitions

To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.“to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole”
To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.“to bore one's way through a crowd”
To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.“This timber does not bore well.”
To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
(of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.
To fool; to trick.

A sudden and rapid flow of tide occuring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.

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

Starter word rating: GoodIn the top 9% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: O, E
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: O, R, E

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