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This list has 9 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: BULGE (September 6, 2025); BULKY (January 31, 2024); BULLY (August 8, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter BULKY
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
1.58 bits

It fits this list and can win immediately, while still splitting the alternatives well.

Hard Mode BULKY 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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BULGE

An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.

“a bulge in a wall”

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Past Wordle answer: September 6, 2025.

BULKY

Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular.

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Past Wordle answer: January 31, 2024.

BULLY

A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.

“A playground bully pushed a girl off the swing.”

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Past Wordle answer: August 8, 2023.

BULBS

plural of bulb

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BULLS

plural of bull

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BULGY

Having one or more bulges; bulging

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BULKS

plural of bulk

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BULLA

A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion, as

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BULSE

A bag or package of diamonds, gold dust or other precious materials.

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Not found among the past answers in this archive.

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