Is SHIMS a Wordle Word?

Yes. SHIMS 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 SHIMS mean?

noun

  1. A wedge.
  2. A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.
  3. A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
2 more noun definitions
  1. A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.
  2. A small metal device used to pick open a lock.

verb

  1. To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery.
  2. To adjust something by using shims.
  3. To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes.

noun

  1. A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits, also called a he-she; transsexual.
  2. Hermaphrodite.

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

SHIMS in Wordle

Starter word rating
WeakIn the top 92% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
I
Unique letters
4 of 5Repeats S
Common letters
I

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

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