Is PICKS a Wordle Word?

Yes. PICKS 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 PICKS mean?

/pɪks/

noun

  1. A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
  2. A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
  3. A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
13 more noun definitions
  1. A choice; ability to choose.
  2. That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
  3. A screen.
  4. An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
  5. An interception.
  6. A good defensive play by an infielder.
  7. A pickoff.
  8. A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
  9. A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
  10. A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
  11. A particle of ink or paper embedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and causing a spot on a printed sheet.
  12. That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
  13. The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.“so many picks to an inch”

verb

  1. To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.“Don't pick at that scab.”
  2. To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.“It's time to pick the tomatoes.”
  3. To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.“She picked flowers in the meadow.”
14 more verb definitions
  1. To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.“to pick rags”
  2. To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.“to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket”
  3. To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.“I'll pick the one with the nicest name.”
  4. To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
  5. To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.“He didn't pick the googly, and was bowled.”
  6. To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.“He picked a tune on his banjo.”
  7. To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
  8. To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
  9. To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.“I gingerly picked my way between the thorny shrubs.”
  10. To steal; to pilfer.
  11. To throw; to pitch.
  12. To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.
  13. To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.“to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.”
  14. To screen.

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

PICKS in Wordle

Starter word rating
WeakIn the top 81% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
I
Unique letters
5 of 5
Common letters
I

Hard-mode trap: 12 valid words fit the pattern _ICKS. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

Letter ratings use how often each letter appears in Wordle answers.

Browse similar words

Practice with PICKS