Is CHEWS a Wordle Word?

Yes. CHEWS 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 CHEWS mean?

/tʃuːz/

The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth.“I popped the gum into my mouth and gave it a chew.”
Level of chewiness.
A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing.“Phillip purchased a bag of licorice chews at the drugstore.”

3 more noun definitions

Chewing tobacco.“The school had banned chew and smokes from the school grounds, even for adults.”
A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw.“The ballplayers sat on the bench watching the rain, glumly working their chews.”
The condition of something being torn or ground up mechanically.

To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.“Make sure to chew thoroughly, and don't talk with your mouth full!”
To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth.“He keeps his feed in steel drums to prevent the mice from chewing holes in the feed-sacks.”
To think about something; to ponder; to chew over.“The professor stood at the blackboard, chalk in hand, and chewed the question the student had asked.”

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

Starter word rating: WeakIn the top 54% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: E
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: E

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