Is TONES a Wordle Word?

Yes. TONES 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 TONES mean?

/təʊnz/

12 more noun definitions

The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
General character, mood, or trend.“Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening.”
The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.“Children often read with a tone.”
The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
State of mind; temper; mood.
The shade or quality of a colour.
The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.“This picture has tone.”
The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.
The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
A gun

2 more verb definitions

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

Starter word rating: GoodIn the top 6% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: O, E
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: T, O, E

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