Is HEELS a Wordle Word?

Yes. HEELS 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 HEELS mean?

/hiːlz/

17 more noun definitions

The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.“He drove the heel of his hand into the man's nose.”
(usually in the plural) A woman's high-heeled shoe.
The back, upper part of the stock.
The last or lowest part of anything.“the heel of a mast”
A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise.
A contemptible, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
A headlining wrestler regarded as a "bad guy," whose ring persona embodies villainous or reprehensible traits and demonstrates characteristics of a braggart and a bully.
The cards set aside for later use in a patience or solitaire game.
Anything resembling a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter.
(specifically) The obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
(workman slang) A cyma reversa.
The short side of an angled cut.
The part of a club head's face nearest the shaft.
The lower end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the toe (upper end).
In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the cylinder.

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: 4 of 5Repeats E
Common letters: E, L

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