Is WANTS a Wordle Word?

Yes. WANTS 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 WANTS mean?

/wɒnts/

2 more noun definitions

Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.

To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.“What do you want to eat? I want you to leave. I never wanted to go back to live with my mother.”
(in particular) To wish, desire or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.“Danish police want him for embezzlement.”
To desire (to experience desire); to wish.“You can leave if you want.”

7 more verb definitions

(usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).“You’ll want to repeat this three or four times to get the best result.”
(now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).“That chair wants fixing.”
(now rare) To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.
To be lacking or deficient or absent.“There was something wanting in the play.”
To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.“The paupers desperately want.”
To lack and be without, to not have (something).“She wanted anything she needed.”
(by extension) To lack and (be able to) do without.

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

Starter word rating: AverageIn the top 37% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: A
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: A, T

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