Is HOOPS a Wordle Word?

Yes. HOOPS 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 HOOPS mean?

/huːps/

A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.“the cheese hoop, or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese”
A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.

9 more noun definitions

A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; (hence, by extension) a hoop petticoat or hoop skirt.
A quart pot; so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops.
An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
The rim part of a basketball net.
(in plural, metonym) The game of basketball.
A hoop earring.
(metonym) A jockey; from a common pattern on the blouse.
(usually in the plural) A horizontal stripe on the jersey
(usually in the plural) A requirement that must be met in order to proceed.

To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
To whoop, as in whooping cough.

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

Starter word rating: WeakIn the top 90% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: O
Unique letters: 4 of 5Repeats O
Common letters: O

Hard-mode trap: 11 valid words fit the pattern _OOPS. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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