Is SHIES a Wordle Word?

Yes. SHIES 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 SHIES mean?

noun

  1. An act of throwing.
  2. A place for throwing.“coconut shy”
  3. A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
1 more noun definition
  1. In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.

verb

  1. To avoid due to timidness or caution.“I shy away from investment opportunities I don't understand.”
  2. To jump back in fear.“The horse shied away from the rider, which startled him so much he shied away from the horse.”
  3. To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling“shy a slipper”

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

SHIES in Wordle

Starter word rating
WeakIn the top 54% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
I, E
Unique letters
4 of 5Repeats S
Common letters
I, E

Hard-mode trap: 7 valid words fit the pattern SHI_S. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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