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This list has 8 Wordle guesses; 3 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 3 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.

Past Wordle answers: DWARF (June 30, 2021); SCARF (May 14, 2023); WHARF (June 9, 2026).

Top-ranked splitter AAHED
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
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1.59 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the candidates cleanly.

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AAHED does not fit this page's clues. DWARF keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

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DWARF

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, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.

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Past Wordle answer: June 30, 2021.

SCARF

A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.

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Past Wordle answer: May 14, 2023.

WHARF

An artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.

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Past Wordle answer: June 9, 2026.

LAARF

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SCURF

A skin disease.

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SNARF

To eat or consume greedily.

“He snarfed a whole bag of chips in a couple of minutes!”

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SWARF

The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone.

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SWERF

Alternative letter-case form of SWERF.

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Not found among the past answers in this archive.

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