Is HOCUS a Wordle Word?

Yes. HOCUS 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 HOCUS mean?

noun

  1. A magician, illusionist, one who practises sleight of hand.
  2. One who cheats or deceives.
  3. Trick; trickery.
1 more noun definition
  1. Drugged liquor.

verb

  1. To play a trick on, to trick (someone); to hoax; to cheat.
  2. To stupefy (someone) with drugged liquor (especially in order to steal from them).
  3. To drug (liquor).
1 more verb definition
  1. To adulterate (food).

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

HOCUS in Wordle

Starter word rating
WeakIn the top 62% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
O, U
Unique letters
5 of 5
Common letters
O

Hard-mode trap: 6 valid words fit the pattern _OCUS. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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