Is MINES a Wordle Word?

Yes. MINES 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 MINES mean?

/maɪnz/

Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
A specific facial expression.

An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
Any source of wealth or resources.
A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.

4 more noun definitions

A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.

6 more verb definitions

To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
(by extension) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
To pick one's nose.
To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.

Variation of mine, formed through analogy based on the final -s of the other possessive pronouns (ours, yours, hers, theirs, his)

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

Starter word rating: AverageIn the top 22% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: I, E
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: I, E

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