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Microsoft Works was the affordable alternative to Microsoft Office — it shipped with consumer PCs throughout the 1990s and 2000s, providing basic word processing, spreadsheet, and database functionality to millions of users who couldn't justify Office's price. The .wps word processor format was its most commonly created file.
Microsoft discontinued Works in 2010, and the format has been orphaned ever since. Modern versions of Microsoft Word don't open WPS files natively. The files are out there, though — decades of personal letters, school assignments, and small business documents in a format that progressively fewer tools support.
LibreOffice opens many WPS files with reasonable fidelity. Microsoft's free Word Online sometimes handles them. For guaranteed access, convert to DOCX as soon as possible. The longer WPS files sit unconverted, the harder they'll be to open as software support continues to fade.