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Possible answer RIVAL last recorded Dec 15, 2022

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RIVAL

RIVAL used RIBAS guess RIMAE guess RIVAS guess RIYAL guess RIZAS guess

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RIVAL

A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.

“Chris is my biggest rival in the 400-metre race.”

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Past Wordle answer: December 15, 2022.

RIBAS

A surname.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.