Is TICKS a Wordle Word?

Yes. TICKS 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 TICKS mean?

/tɪks/

noun

  1. A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.

noun

  1. A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.“The steady tick of the clock provided a comforting background for the conversation.”
  2. A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.“At midday, the long bond is up a tick.”
  3. A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
5 more noun definitions
  1. A short period of time, particularly a second.“I'll be back in a tick.”
  2. A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.
  3. A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.“Indicate that you are willing to receive marketing material by putting a tick in the box”
  4. A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of observed birds.
  5. The whinchat.

verb

  1. To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.
  2. To make a tick or checkmark.
  3. To work or operate, especially mechanically.“He took the computer apart to see how it ticked.”
2 more verb definitions
  1. To strike gently; to pat.
  2. To add a bird to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).

noun

  1. Ticking.
  2. A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.

noun

  1. Credit, trust.

verb

  1. To go on trust, or credit.
  2. To give tick; to trust.

noun

  1. (place names) A goat.“Tickenhall Drive”

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TICKS in Wordle

Starter word rating
WeakIn the top 62% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels
I
Unique letters
5 of 5
Common letters
T, I

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