Is FUSES a Wordle Word?

Yes. FUSES 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 FUSES mean?

/ˈfjuːzɪz/

A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.
The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device.
A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.

3 more noun definitions

Indicating a tendency to lose one's temper.“When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.”
A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.

1 more verb definition

To form a bicyclic compound from two similar or different types of ring such that two or more atoms are shared between the resulting rings

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

Starter word rating: WeakIn the top 77% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: U, E
Unique letters: 4 of 5Repeats S
Common letters: E

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