Is “Tears” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
TEARS
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Valid

Meaning of Tears

/tiːɹz/

noun
  1. 1.A hole or break caused by tearing.

    A small tear is easy to mend, if it is on the seam.

  2. 2.A rampage.

    to go on a tear

verb
  1. 1.To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.

    He tore his coat on the nail.

  2. 2.To injure as if by pulling apart.

    He has a torn ligament.

  3. 3.To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.

    He was torn by conflicting emotions.

Synonyms: rend, rip

noun
  1. 1.A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.

    Ryan wiped the tear from the paper he was crying on.

  2. 2.Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.

  3. 3.(glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.

verb
  1. 1.To produce tears.

    Her eyes began to tear in the harsh wind.