Is TONGS a Wordle Word?

Yes. TONGS 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 TONGS mean?

/tɑŋz/

An instrument or tool used for picking things up without touching them with the hands or fingers, consisting of two slats or grips hinged at the end or in the middle, and sometimes including a spring to open the grips.
(by extension) A large scissors-like two-piece center-hinged forged-iron implement with oval-loop handles and with pointed tips turned inward (in the same plane as and perpendicular to the handles) to facilitate lifting and carrying a block of ice. Often called ice tongs.

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

Starter word rating: WeakIn the top 46% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: O
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: T, O

Hard-mode trap: 11 valid words fit the pattern _ONGS. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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