Is ROLES a Wordle Word?

Yes. ROLES 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 ROLES mean?

/ɹəʊlz/

A character or part played by a performer or actor.“Her dream was to get a role in a Hollywood movie, no matter how small.”
The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.“The role of women has changed significantly in the last century.”
The function or position of something.“Local volunteers played an important role in cleaning the beach after the oil spill.”

3 more noun definitions

Designation that denotes an associated set of responsibilities, knowledge, skills, and attitudes“The project manager role is responsible for ensuring that everyone on the team knows and executes his or her assigned tasks.”
(grammar) The function of a word in a phrase.
In the Raku programming language, a code element akin to an interface, used for composition of classes without adding to their inheritance chain.

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

Starter word rating: ExcellentIn the top 2% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: O, E
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: R, O, L, E

Hard-mode trap: 13 valid words fit the pattern _OLES. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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