Is RANKS a Wordle Word?

Yes. RANKS 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 RANKS mean?

/ɹæŋks/

noun

  1. A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers [the corresponding term for the perpendicular columns in such a pattern is "file"].“The front rank kneeled to reload while the second rank fired over their heads.”
  2. In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.
  3. One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality“Based on your test scores, you have a rank of 23.”
9 more noun definitions
  1. The level of one's position in a class-based society
  2. A hierarchical level in an organization such as the military“He rose up through the ranks of the company, from mailroom clerk to CEO.”
  3. A level in a scientific taxonomy system“Phylum is the taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class.”
  4. Maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.
  5. The dimensionality of an array or tensor.
  6. The maximum quantity of D-linearly independent elements of a module (over an integral domain D).
  7. The size of any basis of a given matroid.
  8. One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number). The analog vertical lines are the files.
  9. (typically in the plural) A category of people, such as those who share an occupation.

verb

  1. To place abreast, or in a line.
  2. To have a ranking.“Their defense ranked third in the league.”
  3. To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.
1 more verb definition
  1. To take rank of; to outrank.

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

RANKS in Wordle

Starter word rating
AverageIn the top 25% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
A
Unique letters
5 of 5
Common letters
R, A

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