Is PAWNS a Wordle Word?

Yes. PAWNS 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 PAWNS mean?

A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf.

The most common chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess each side has eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant.
Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.“Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War.”

The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.“All our jewellery was in pawn by this stage.”
An instance of pawning something.
An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.

1 more noun definition

To pledge; to stake or wager.
To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.

(originally leet) To own, to defeat or dominate (someone or something, especially a game or someone playing a game).

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

Starter word rating: WeakIn the top 60% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: A
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: A

Hard-mode trap: 10 valid words fit the pattern _AWNS. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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