Is HIRES a Wordle Word?

Yes. HIRES 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 HIRES mean?

Payment for the temporary use of something.“The sign offered pedalos on hire.”
Reward, payment.
The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.“When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire.”

1 more noun definition

A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.“We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.”

To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.“We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.”
To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.“The company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers.”
To exchange the services of for remuneration.“They hired themselves out as day laborers. They hired out their basement for Inauguration week.”

2 more verb definitions

To accomplish by paying for services.“After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done.”
To accept employment.“They hired out as day laborers.”

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

Starter word rating: GoodIn the top 6% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: I, E
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: I, R, E

Hard-mode trap: 8 valid words fit the pattern _IRES. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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