Is CURES a Wordle Word?

Yes. CURES 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 CURES mean?

A method, device or medication that restores good health.
Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
A solution to a problem.

6 more noun definitions

A process of preservation, as by smoking.
A process of solidification or gelling.
A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering.
Care, heed, or attention.
Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.

To restore to health.“Unaided nature cured him.”
To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.“Unaided nature cured his ailments.”
To cause to be rid of (a defect).“Experience will cure him of his naïveté.”

7 more verb definitions

To prepare or alter especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.“The smoke and heat cures the meat.”
To bring about a cure of any kind.
To be undergoing a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.“The meat was put in the smokehouse to cure.”
To preserve (food), typically by salting
To solidify or gel.“The parts were curing in the autoclave.”
To become healed.
To pay heed; to care; to give attention.

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

Starter word rating: GoodIn the top 10% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: U, E
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: R, E

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