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This list has 9 Wordle guesses; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.

Past Wordle answers: PAPAL (May 29, 2024).

Top-ranked splitter PAPAL
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
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It fits this list and can win immediately, while still splitting the alternatives well.

Hard Mode PAPAL keeps every stated clue.

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No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.

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PAPAL

Having to do with the pope or the papacy.

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Past Wordle answer: May 29, 2024.

PUPAL

Of or pertaining to the pupa stage of insect metamorphosis.

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APPAL

UK spelling of appall.

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COPAL

A resinous exudation from various tropical trees, especially Hymenaea courbaril and Schinus terebinthifolia, used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink.

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NOPAL

A prickly pear cactus from the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera; the edible pads (fleshy leaves) of the cactus, considered as food.

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PIPAL

Alternative form of peepul.

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SEPAL

One of the component parts of the calyx, particularly when such components are not fused into a single structure.

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TEPAL

Any component of the perianth (outermost whorls of flower parts, not involved in reproduction), especially when the components are not distinguished into sepals and petals.

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TYPAL

of, relating to, or being a type; typical

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