Is SHIPS a Wordle Word?

Yes. SHIPS 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 SHIPS mean?

/ʃɪps/

A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
(chiefly in combination) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.

2 more noun definitions

A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
The third card of the Lenormand deck.

To send by water-borne transport.
To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).“to ship freight by railroad”
To release a product to vendors; to launch.“Our next issue ships early next year.”

8 more verb definitions

To engage to serve on board a vessel.“I shipped on a man-of-war.”
To embark on a ship.
To put in its place.“to ship the tiller or rudder”
To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.“We were shipping so much water I was sure we would capsize.”
To pass (from one person to another).“Can you ship me the ketchup?”
To go all in.
To trade or send a player to another team.“Twins ship Delmon Young to Tigers.”
To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.

A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional.

To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, typically in fan fiction.“I ship Kirk and Spock in “Star Trek”.”

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

Starter word rating: WeakIn the top 91% 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 SHI_S. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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