Is FAKES a Wordle Word?

Yes. FAKES 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 FAKES mean?

/feɪks/

Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
A trick; a swindle.
A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.

To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is
To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.

1 more verb definition

To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.“to fake a marriage”

One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.

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

Starter word rating: AverageIn the top 33% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: A, E
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: A, E

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