Common five-letter words
Words that appear between one and ten times per million words of English — recognized on sight, but not everyday speech.
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All 1,791 words, Zipf 3 to 4
Each word links to its full page. The Zipf figure is the word's corpus frequency turned into a plain rate; definitions are selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0), and long entries may be shortened. A “past Wordle answer” line means the word appears in this site's recorded answer history; its solver-pressure figure ranks that recorded puzzle against all other recorded puzzles for a reference solver, so 70/100 reads “harder than 70% of them.” CEFR chips (A1–B2) estimate when English learners typically meet a word.
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A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through… — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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JOHNS Zipf 3.84 · about 6.9 uses per million words
plural of john — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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PAINS Zipf 3.84 · about 6.9 uses per million words
plural of pain — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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POETS Zipf 3.84 · about 6.9 uses per million words
plural of poet — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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RAINS Zipf 3.84 · about 6.9 uses per million words
plural of rain — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a straightedge with markings. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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SPERM Zipf 3.84 · about 6.9 uses per million words
The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on February 26, 2022 · solver pressure 94/100, hard for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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SWAMP Zipf 3.84 · about 6.9 uses per million words
An area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosystem for certain plants and animals but ill-suited for many agricultural purposes. (A type of wetland.… — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on March 31, 2026 · solver pressure 81/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on February 3, 2023 · solver pressure 94/100, hard for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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URINE Zipf 3.84 · about 6.9 uses per million words
Liquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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CALIF Zipf 3.83 · about 6.8 uses per million words
Alternative spelling of caliph. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Rot; any processes or result of organic matter being gradually decomposed, especially by microbial action. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on March 22, 2024 · solver pressure 30/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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DIANE Zipf 3.83 · about 6.8 uses per million words
A female given name from Latin, popular in the middle of the 20th century — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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FLOWN Zipf 3.83 · about 6.8 uses per million words
past participle of fly — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on November 12, 2024 · solver pressure 69/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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MAFIA Zipf 3.83 · about 6.8 uses per million words
A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on June 8, 2026 · solver pressure 84/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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Jolly and full of high spirits; happy. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on October 2, 2023 · solver pressure 68/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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PUMPS Zipf 3.83 · about 6.8 uses per million words
plural of pump — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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RESET Zipf 3.83 · about 6.8 uses per million words
To set back to the initial state. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on May 6, 2024 · solver pressure 79/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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SLOTS Zipf 3.83 · about 6.8 uses per million words
plural of slot — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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STEMS Zipf 3.83 · about 6.8 uses per million words
plural of stem — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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VODKA Zipf 3.83 · about 6.8 uses per million words
A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on November 18, 2021 · solver pressure 73/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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CLUES Zipf 3.82 · about 6.6 uses per million words
plural of clue — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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DRIFT Zipf 3.82 · about 6.6 uses per million words
Movement; that which moves or is moved. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on September 5, 2025 · solver pressure 11/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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FUELS Zipf 3.82 · about 6.6 uses per million words
plural of fuel — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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GRAMS Zipf 3.82 · about 6.6 uses per million words
plural of gram — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on October 10, 2021 · solver pressure 95/100, hard for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece"). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on May 24, 2026 · solver pressure 56/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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A distinctive smell. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on June 20, 2024 · solver pressure 19/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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SLATE Zipf 3.82 · about 6.6 uses per million words
A flake or piece of certain types of stone that tend to cleave into thin layers. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on December 19, 2022 · solver pressure 33/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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A sudden transient rush, flood or increase. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on February 12, 2026 · solver pressure 37/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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TAPES Zipf 3.82 · about 6.6 uses per million words
plural of tape — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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TOKEN Zipf 3.82 · about 6.6 uses per million words
Something serving as an expression of something else. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on June 17, 2026 · solver pressure 28/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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TUNES Zipf 3.82 · about 6.6 uses per million words
plural of tune — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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WOODY Zipf 3.82 · about 6.6 uses per million words
Covered in woods; wooded. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on March 18, 2023 · solver pressure 44/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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ANGLO Zipf 3.81 · about 6.5 uses per million words
An English person or person of English ancestry. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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DOLLS Zipf 3.81 · about 6.5 uses per million words
plural of doll — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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FRIES Zipf 3.81 · about 6.5 uses per million words
plural of fry — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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INTRO Zipf 3.81 · about 6.5 uses per million words
An introduction. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on April 25, 2024 · solver pressure 21/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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MANOR Zipf 3.81 · about 6.5 uses per million words
A landed estate. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on May 31, 2022 · solver pressure 87/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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POSED Zipf 3.81 · about 6.5 uses per million words
simple past and past participle of pose — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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PROMO Zipf 3.81 · about 6.5 uses per million words
Clipping of promotion. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on February 6, 2025 · solver pressure 87/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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SANDS Zipf 3.81 · about 6.5 uses per million words
plural of sand — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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SHAWN Zipf 3.81 · about 6.5 uses per million words
Alternative form of Shaun, a unisex given name. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on October 1, 2025 · solver pressure 49/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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VENUS Zipf 3.81 · about 6.5 uses per million words
Any of the bivalve molluscs in the genus Venus or family Veneridae. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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ALLAN Zipf 3.80 · about 6.3 uses per million words
A male given name from the Celtic languages, a less common spelling of Alan. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on November 3, 2021 · solver pressure 10/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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ATLAS Zipf 3.80 · about 6.3 uses per million words
A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on January 7, 2025 · solver pressure 60/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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COMBO Zipf 3.80 · about 6.3 uses per million words
A small musical group. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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FATTY Zipf 3.80 · about 6.3 uses per million words
Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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FLUSH Zipf 3.80 · about 6.3 uses per million words
A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Having a lot of body hair. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on May 3, 2022 · solver pressure 62/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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HORNS Zipf 3.80 · about 6.3 uses per million words
plural of horn — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on August 9, 2024 · solver pressure 14/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Of, pertaining to, or containing spice. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on September 30, 2021 · solver pressure 62/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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STING Zipf 3.80 · about 6.3 uses per million words
A bump left on the skin after having been stung. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on October 3, 2022 · solver pressure 24/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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WINES Zipf 3.80 · about 6.3 uses per million words
plural of wine — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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WIRED Zipf 3.80 · about 6.3 uses per million words
Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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ASSES Zipf 3.79 · about 6.2 uses per million words
plural of ass — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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BELLE Zipf 3.79 · about 6.2 uses per million words
An attractive woman. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on April 17, 2026 · solver pressure 88/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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BITES Zipf 3.79 · about 6.2 uses per million words
plural of bite — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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DEEDS Zipf 3.79 · about 6.2 uses per million words
plural of deed — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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HORNY Zipf 3.79 · about 6.2 uses per million words
Hard or bony, like an animal's horn. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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POSES Zipf 3.79 · about 6.2 uses per million words
plural of pose — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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RAILS Zipf 3.79 · about 6.2 uses per million words
plural of rail — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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RAVEN Zipf 3.79 · about 6.2 uses per million words
Any of several, generally large, species of birds in the genus Corvus with lustrous black plumage; especially the common raven (Corvus corax). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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REHAB Zipf 3.79 · about 6.2 uses per million words
Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on March 19, 2026 · solver pressure 36/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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SKINS Zipf 3.79 · about 6.2 uses per million words
plural of skin — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on May 16, 2024 · solver pressure 86/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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STRAP Zipf 3.79 · about 6.2 uses per million words
A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on June 16, 2023 · solver pressure 47/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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WATTS Zipf 3.79 · about 6.2 uses per million words
plural of watt — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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BLISS Zipf 3.78 · about 6.0 uses per million words
Perfect happiness. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on April 29, 2025 · solver pressure 54/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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A wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family Asteraceae, with a yellow head and white petals — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on December 27, 2023 · solver pressure 50/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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Clipping of discotheque (“nightclub for dancing”). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on July 27, 2023 · solver pressure 9/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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DOSES Zipf 3.78 · about 6.0 uses per million words
plural of dose — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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EUROS Zipf 3.78 · about 6.0 uses per million words
plural of euro — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on September 3, 2024 · solver pressure 26/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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FINES Zipf 3.78 · about 6.0 uses per million words
plural of fine — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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FORGE Zipf 3.78 · about 6.0 uses per million words
A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on September 24, 2021 · solver pressure 45/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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HEARS Zipf 3.78 · about 6.0 uses per million words
third-person singular simple present indicative of hear — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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NODES Zipf 3.78 · about 6.0 uses per million words
plural of node — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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NOTCH Zipf 3.78 · about 6.0 uses per million words
A V-shaped cut. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on June 3, 2026 · solver pressure 32/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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OMEGA Zipf 3.78 · about 6.0 uses per million words
The twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek alphabet.… — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on July 29, 2025 · solver pressure 35/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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A line of people, vehicles or other objects, usually one to be dealt with in sequence (i.e., the one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on), and which… — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on November 19, 2023 · solver pressure 82/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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TROUT Zipf 3.78 · about 6.0 uses per million words
Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on May 4, 2025 · solver pressure 82/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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WORMS Zipf 3.78 · about 6.0 uses per million words
plural of worm — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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BRAVO Zipf 3.77 · about 5.9 uses per million words
A hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on June 2, 2024 · solver pressure 11/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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To move by dragging one's body along or close to a surface, like a worm or insect, or on one's hands and knees, like a human baby. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on January 10, 2025 · solver pressure 77/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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DIGIT Zipf 3.77 · about 5.9 uses per million words
A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on August 2, 2021 · solver pressure 55/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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FLATS Zipf 3.77 · about 5.9 uses per million words
plural of flat — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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FLINT Zipf 3.77 · about 5.9 uses per million words
A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on January 16, 2025 · solver pressure 13/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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HAIRS Zipf 3.77 · about 5.9 uses per million words
plural of hair — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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A dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such as agar or carrageenan), sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on November 23, 2024 · solver pressure 88/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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LUNAR Zipf 3.77 · about 5.9 uses per million words
Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's moon). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on December 21, 2022 · solver pressure 28/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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Any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on December 17, 2021 · solver pressure 67/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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PLOTS Zipf 3.77 · about 5.9 uses per million words
plural of plot — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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SILVA Zipf 3.77 · about 5.9 uses per million words
The forest trees of a particular area — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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TESLA Zipf 3.77 · about 5.9 uses per million words
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux density or magnetic inductivity. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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BEAMS Zipf 3.76 · about 5.8 uses per million words
plural of beam — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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CEDAR Zipf 3.76 · about 5.8 uses per million words
A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on April 29, 2023 · solver pressure 6/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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DUNNO Zipf 3.76 · about 5.8 uses per million words
Pronunciation spelling of do not know; pronunciation spelling of does not know. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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HEATH Zipf 3.76 · about 5.8 uses per million words
A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on June 29, 2021 · solver pressure 29/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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LIFTS Zipf 3.76 · about 5.8 uses per million words
plural of lift — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal… — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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NORMS Zipf 3.76 · about 5.8 uses per million words
plural of norm — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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PINCH Zipf 3.76 · about 5.8 uses per million words
To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on May 15, 2024 · solver pressure 84/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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Homosexual. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on June 24, 2026 · solver pressure 98/100, hard for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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ROVER Zipf 3.76 · about 5.8 uses per million words
One who roves: a person or animal that travels around, especially over a wide area, without a fixed destination; a nomad, a roamer, a wanderer. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on April 23, 2024 · solver pressure 69/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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SCARS Zipf 3.76 · about 5.8 uses per million words
plural of scar — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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SYRUP Zipf 3.76 · about 5.8 uses per million words
Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on February 26, 2023 · solver pressure 75/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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TONES Zipf 3.76 · about 5.8 uses per million words
plural of tone — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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TRAPS Zipf 3.76 · about 5.8 uses per million words
plural of trap — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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VEINS Zipf 3.76 · about 5.8 uses per million words
plural of vein — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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ATOMS Zipf 3.75 · about 5.6 uses per million words
plural of atom — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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BOWLS Zipf 3.75 · about 5.6 uses per million words
plural of bowl — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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CONGO Zipf 3.75 · about 5.6 uses per million words
Alternative form of congou: a kind of Chinese black tea. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking… — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on June 30, 2021 · solver pressure 33/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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Someone who fits a lining to something. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on January 9, 2024 · solver pressure 11/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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plural of math — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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MEMES Zipf 3.75 · about 5.6 uses per million words
plural of meme — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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To combine into a whole. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on April 9, 2024 · solver pressure 50/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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MORON Zipf 3.75 · about 5.6 uses per million words
A stupid person; an idiot; a fool. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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MYTHS Zipf 3.75 · about 5.6 uses per million words
plural of myth — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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NAIVE Zipf 3.75 · about 5.6 uses per million words
Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on December 11, 2022 · solver pressure 1/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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OPTED Zipf 3.75 · about 5.6 uses per million words
simple past and past participle of opt — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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PEDRO Zipf 3.75 · about 5.6 uses per million words
An American trick-taking card game of the all fours family. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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RIGID Zipf 3.75 · about 5.6 uses per million words
Stiff, rather than flexible. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on August 4, 2025 · solver pressure 14/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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Clear, detailed, or powerful. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on February 25, 2022 · solver pressure 97/100, hard for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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AIDED Zipf 3.74 · about 5.5 uses per million words
simple past and past participle of aid — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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BELTS Zipf 3.74 · about 5.5 uses per million words
plural of belt — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on December 13, 2024 · solver pressure 83/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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BROOK Zipf 3.74 · about 5.5 uses per million words
To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on August 7, 2023 · solver pressure 93/100, hard for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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COATS Zipf 3.74 · about 5.5 uses per million words
plural of coat — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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CURED Zipf 3.74 · about 5.5 uses per million words
simple past and past participle of cure — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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ICONS Zipf 3.74 · about 5.5 uses per million words
plural of icon — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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JOKER Zipf 3.74 · about 5.5 uses per million words
A person who makes jokes. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on April 25, 2023 · solver pressure 50/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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LADEN Zipf 3.74 · about 5.5 uses per million words
Weighed down with a load, burdened. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on April 9, 2026 · solver pressure 0/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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LIMBS Zipf 3.74 · about 5.5 uses per million words
plural of limb — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Pouring with rain; wet; showery — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on November 9, 2022 · solver pressure 11/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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Tasting of salt. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on December 31, 2023 · solver pressure 51/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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SCOTS Zipf 3.74 · about 5.5 uses per million words
plural of scot — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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SERUM Zipf 3.74 · about 5.5 uses per million words
Ellipsis of blood serum. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on April 2, 2024 · solver pressure 20/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on August 25, 2024 · solver pressure 33/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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STRAY Zipf 3.74 · about 5.5 uses per million words
Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on December 19, 2024 · solver pressure 81/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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TEMPO Zipf 3.74 · about 5.5 uses per million words
A frequency or rate. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on October 23, 2023 · solver pressure 48/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck… — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on September 25, 2024 · solver pressure 30/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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TURBO Zipf 3.74 · about 5.5 uses per million words
A turbine. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on April 10, 2025 · solver pressure 78/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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AROSE Zipf 3.73 · about 5.4 uses per million words
simple past of arise — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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To close and reopen both eyes quickly. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on June 30, 2025 · solver pressure 58/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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CHANG Zipf 3.73 · about 5.4 uses per million words
A traditional harp of central and southwest Asia — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on June 1, 2026 · solver pressure 70/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on December 22, 2022 · solver pressure 65/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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FADED Zipf 3.73 · about 5.4 uses per million words
That has lost some of its former vividness and colour. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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GANGS Zipf 3.73 · about 5.4 uses per million words
plural of gang — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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GASES Zipf 3.73 · about 5.4 uses per million words
plural of gas — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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GENUS Zipf 3.73 · about 5.4 uses per million words
A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on March 20, 2023 · solver pressure 72/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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GRABS Zipf 3.73 · about 5.4 uses per million words
plural of grab — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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GREED Zipf 3.73 · about 5.4 uses per million words
A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on March 9, 2025 · solver pressure 96/100, hard for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on September 12, 2021 · solver pressure 70/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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LAMPS Zipf 3.73 · about 5.4 uses per million words
plural of lamp — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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NEGRO Zipf 3.73 · about 5.4 uses per million words
Relating to a black ethnicity. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Still to be paid; owed as a debt. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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PROXY Zipf 3.73 · about 5.4 uses per million words
Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on January 18, 2022 · solver pressure 99/100, hard for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on March 20, 2022 · solver pressure 48/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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RETRO Zipf 3.73 · about 5.4 uses per million words
Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on June 27, 2022 · solver pressure 18/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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STOKE Zipf 3.73 · about 5.4 uses per million words
An act of poking, piercing, thrusting — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on July 3, 2024 · solver pressure 92/100, hard for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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TROLL Zipf 3.73 · about 5.4 uses per million words
a giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on December 30, 2021 · solver pressure 34/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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WARNS Zipf 3.73 · about 5.4 uses per million words
third-person singular simple present indicative of warn — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on September 11, 2024 · solver pressure 1/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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AMINO Zipf 3.72 · about 5.2 uses per million words
Relating to an amine. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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To shed blood through an injured blood vessel. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on September 1, 2021 · solver pressure 56/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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BRACE Zipf 3.72 · about 5.2 uses per million words
A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on August 16, 2024 · solver pressure 25/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on February 28, 2022 · solver pressure 42/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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GOATS Zipf 3.72 · about 5.2 uses per million words
plural of goat — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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MONKS Zipf 3.72 · about 5.2 uses per million words
plural of monk — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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A personal slogan. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on July 27, 2022 · solver pressure 71/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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ONSET Zipf 3.72 · about 5.2 uses per million words
The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on August 30, 2022 · solver pressure 17/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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PIXEL Zipf 3.72 · about 5.2 uses per million words
One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on November 22, 2023 · solver pressure 60/100, middle of the pack among recorded puzzles.
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PROPS Zipf 3.72 · about 5.2 uses per million words
plural of prop — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on January 17, 2025 · solver pressure 71/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel). — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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VERSA Zipf 3.72 · about 5.2 uses per million words
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A fully sufficient or abundant quantity of; enough or more than enough. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on April 17, 2022 · solver pressure 19/100, easier for the solver among recorded puzzles.
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BINGO Zipf 3.71 · about 5.1 uses per million words
A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off… — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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BROCK Zipf 3.71 · about 5.1 uses per million words
A male badger. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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CUBIC Zipf 3.71 · about 5.1 uses per million words
Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Past Wordle answer on January 21, 2026 · solver pressure 76/100, tricky among recorded puzzles.
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EBOOK Zipf 3.71 · about 5.1 uses per million words
Alternative spelling of e-book. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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FILLS Zipf 3.71 · about 5.1 uses per million words
third-person singular simple present indicative of fill — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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MACRO Zipf 3.71 · about 5.1 uses per million words
Very large in scale or scope. — Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How these scores are measured
Frequency scores come from the wordfreq project (data CC BY-SA 4.0), which averages word rates across books, subtitles, news and web text. A Zipf score is the base-10 logarithm of a word's uses per billion words, so each whole point is a tenfold change in frequency: Zipf 4 is ten uses per million words, Zipf 3 is one. The four bands split the site's accepted-guess list of 14,855 five-letter words at Zipf 4, 3 and 2 — round thresholds chosen from the observed distribution, not judgments about individual words.
“Past Wordle answer” claims come only from this site's recorded answer history, and the working answer pool never predicts what the NYT will choose. Solver-pressure figures are percentiles among recorded puzzles for a reference solver — a claim about those puzzles, not about players. Learner levels: The CEFR-J Wordlist Version 1.5. Compiled by Yukio Tono, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Retrieved from http://www.cefr-j.org/download.html on 1/20/2020.