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This list has 12 Wordle guesses; 8 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 8 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.

Past Wordle answers: FOUND (March 28, 2022); HOUND (April 18, 2023); POUND (August 7, 2021); ROUND (September 17, 2021); SOUND (February 14, 2023); WOUND (October 12, 2025).

Top-ranked splitter BARFS
Average remaining
2.5
Worst branch
4
Information
2.0 bits

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

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BARFS does not fit this page's clues. BOUND keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 6.25 (7 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _OUND

BOUND, FOUND, HOUND, MOUND, POUND, ROUND, SOUND, WOUND differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; BARFS tests the family more efficiently.

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The UND suffix fixes these letters in positions 3, 4 and 5; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.

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Every match is in our Wordle guess list. “Possible answer” marks words on the answer list used by this site's solver, while “Past answer” marks words already used. For more filters, continue this search in Word Finder.