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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: LEECH (August 23, 2024); LEERY (September 7, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter LEECH
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
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1.0 bits

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

Hard Mode LEECH keeps every stated clue.

It is legal under the clues represented on this page. If you also know where a yellow letter cannot go, check that extra detail in the full Solver.

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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The LEE prefix fixes these letters in positions 1, 2 and 3; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.

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LEECH

A typically aquatic blood-sucking annelid of the subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.

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Past Wordle answer: August 23, 2024.

LEERY

Cautious, suspicious, wary, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns.

“Since he was bitten by a dog when he was young, he has always been leery of animals.”

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Past Wordle answer: September 7, 2022.

LEEAR

Not found among the past answers in this archive.

LEEKS

plural of leek

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Not found among the past answers in this archive.

LEEPS

plural of Leep

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LEERS

plural of leer

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LEESE

To lose.

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LEETS

plural of leet

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LEEZE

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