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This list has 6 Wordle guesses; 4 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 4 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.

Past Wordle answers: BLOOD (August 29, 2026); BROOD (March 24, 2026); FLOOD (June 7, 2022); STOOD (April 17, 2025).

Top-ranked splitter BLOOD
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1.0
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1
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Hard Mode BLOOD keeps every stated clue.

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BLOOD

A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.

“Some insects are known for consuming blood.”

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Past Wordle answer: August 29, 2026.

BROOD

The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.

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Past Wordle answer: March 24, 2026.

FLOOD

An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.

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Past Wordle answer: June 7, 2022.

STOOD

simple past and past participle of stand

“This morning a bloke stood next to me wearing nothing but sandals.”

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Past Wordle answer: April 17, 2025.

AGOOD

In earnest; heartily; in good earnest.

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SNOOD

A band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place, including the hair-band formerly worn in Scotland and northern England by young unmarried women.

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