Is BUSTS a Wordle Word?

Yes. BUSTS 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 BUSTS mean?

/bʌsts/

noun

  1. A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
  2. The breasts and upper thorax of a woman.
  3. The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
2 more noun definitions
  1. A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
  2. A disappointment.

noun

  1. The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.“a narcotics bust”
  2. A failed enterprise; a bomb.
  3. A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.
1 more noun definition
  1. A player who fails to meet expectations.

verb

  1. To break.“I busted my cooker while trying to fix it.”
  2. To arrest (someone) for a crime.
  3. To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
7 more verb definitions
  1. An emphatic synonym of do or get.“He busted huge air off that jump!”
  2. To reduce in rank.“He busted him down to patrolman for insubordination.”
  3. To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
  4. To lose all of one's chips.
  5. To exceed a score of 21.
  6. To break in (an animal).
  7. To ejaculate; to eject semen.

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

BUSTS in Wordle

Starter word rating
WeakIn the top 91% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
U
Unique letters
4 of 5Repeats S
Common letters
T

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