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This list has 8 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: WRATH (August 13, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter WRACK
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 WRACK 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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WRACK

The remains of something; a wreck.

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Not found among the past answers in this archive.

WRATH

Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.

“Homer relates an episode in the Trojan War that reveals the tragic consequences of the wrath of Achilles.”

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Past Wordle answer: August 13, 2023.

WRAPS

plural of wrap

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WRANG

simple past of wring

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WRAPT

Misspelling of rapt.

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WRAST

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WRATE

simple past of write

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WRAWL

To cry like a cat; to waul.

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Not found among the past answers in this archive.

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