Is YANKS a Wordle Word?

Yes. YANKS 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 YANKS mean?

A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
A masturbation session.

To pull (something) with a quick, strong action.
To remove from distribution.“They yanked the product as soon as they learned it was unsafe.”

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

Starter word rating: WeakIn the top 54% of all valid Wordle words for testing common letters.
Vowels: A
Unique letters: 5 of 5
Common letters: A

Hard-mode trap: 12 valid words fit the pattern _ANKS. If you reach it, you may need several guesses to find the last letter.

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