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Possible answers

DEATH DEITY DELTA DEPTH

Previously used by Wordle: DEATH (July 10, 2021); DEITY (March 2, 2025); DELTA (September 2, 2021); DEPTH (June 5, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter AAHED

Average remaining: 1.0
Worst branch: 1
Information: 2.0 bits

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

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AAHED does not fit this page's clues. DEATH 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.

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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DEATH used DEITY used DELTA used DEPTH used DEBTS guess DEETS guess DELTS guess DENTE guess DENTS guess DERTH guess

Letters that fit the blanks

3rd letter A, B, E, I, L, N, P, R
5th letter A, E, H, S, Y

Meanings and answer history

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DEATH

The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.

“My grandfather died a violent death, which saddened the whole family.”