Is LAYUP a Wordle Word?

Yes. LAYUP is a valid Wordle word.

It is not on the Wordle answer list, so it is unlikely to be a daily answer.

What does LAYUP mean?

A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away.
A relatively easy task.“Meeting the numbers will be a layup, if not a slam dunk.”
The state of being laid up.“The ship endured an interminable layup in the harbor lasting nearly a month.”

3 more noun definitions

A track used to store train cars.“The caboose, long decrepit, rested on a forgotten layup just north of the dry riverbed.”
A train car sitting in storage (laid up), often overnight.“Though I knew we shouldn't be there, she pulled me out of the tunnel and into the dark layup, its floors still grubby from the morning commute many hours ago.”
The process of applying alternate layers of a material and a binding agent to form a composite material.“Forgetting to clear the sawdust around his workshop, Payton ended up contaminating the resin-ply matrix with wood particles during his hand layup.”

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

Starter word rating: WeakIn the top 48% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: A, U
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: L, A

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