Is NOSES a Wordle Word?

Yes. NOSES 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 NOSES mean?

A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.“She has a cold in the nose.”
A snout, the nose of an animal.
The tip of an object.“the nose of a tea-kettle, a bellows, or a fighter plane”

9 more noun definitions

The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.“Red Rum only won by a nose.”
A perfumer.
The power of smelling.
Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
The skill in recognising bouquet.“It is essential that a winetaster develops a good nose.”
(by extension) Skill at finding information.“A successful reporter has a nose for news.”
A downward projection from a cornice.
An informer.

To move cautiously by advancing its front end.“The ship nosed through the minefield.”
To snoop.“She was nosing around other people’s business.”
To detect by smell or as if by smell.

5 more verb definitions

To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.“to nose a prayer”
To furnish with a nose.“to nose a stair tread”
To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.

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

Starter word rating: AverageIn the top 40% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: O, E
Unique letters: 4 of 5Repeats S
Common letters: O, E

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