Today's 5-Letter Answer [CROWD] — Wordle Unlimited #871

3 Progressive Hints — No Spoilers

1 Category

This word describes a feeling or emotion

2 Structure

1 vowel(s) · starts with F · has double O

3 Definition

A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.

Wordle Unlimited #871 · Wednesday, May 20, 2026

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ABLE LOFT FOWL — tests most common vowels

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Pattern emerging: 1 confirmed positions, 2 letters to place. Use process of elimination.

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✓ FOOL — Answer found!

Key Insight

Words with only 1 vowel have a lower solve rate. Once all AEIOU are grey, pivot immediately to Y-ending patterns.

Word Meaning

FOOL

/fuːl/ UK

noun

1. A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.

"The village fool threw his own shoes down the well."

2. A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).

3. Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.

Synonyms:

jester joker gobshite

verb

1. To trick; to deceive

2. To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly

adjective

1. Foolish.

3 Progressive Hints — No Spoilers

1 Category

This word relates to a place or location

2 Structure

1 vowel(s) · starts with C

3 Definition

A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.

Wordle Unlimited #871 · Wednesday, May 20, 2026

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SLATE DROWN CROWD — tests most common vowels

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✓ CROWD — Answer found!

Key Insight

Words with only 1 vowel have a lower solve rate. Once all AEIOU are grey, pivot immediately to Y-ending patterns.

Word Meaning

CROWD

/kɹaʊd/ US

noun

1. A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.

"After the movie let out, a crowd of people pushed through the exit doors."

2. Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.

"There was a crowd of toys pushed beneath the couch where the children were playing."

3. (with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace, vulgar.

Synonyms:

audience group multitude public swarm

verb

1. To press forward; to advance by pushing.

"The man crowded into the packed room."

2. To press together or collect in numbers

"They crowded through the archway and into the park."

3. To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.

"He tried to crowd too many cows into the cow-pen."

Synonyms:

crowd in swarm throng

3 Progressive Hints — No Spoilers

1 Category

This word describes a physical object or thing

2 Structure

2 vowel(s) · starts with E

3 Definition

The whole of something; the entirety.

Wordle Unlimited #871 · Wednesday, May 20, 2026

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LIVELY FINGER PRINCE — tests most common vowels

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4 letters present but misplaced. Try different positions while keeping known correct letters.

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Pattern emerging: 1 confirmed positions, 3 letters to place. Use process of elimination.

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✓ ENTIRE — Answer found!

Key Insight

Standard solving strategy applies. Start with vowel-heavy words to quickly narrow down possibilities.

Word Meaning

ENTIRE

/ənˈtaɪə/ US

noun

1. The whole of something; the entirety.

2. An uncastrated horse; a stallion.

3. A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.

adjective

1. (sometimes postpositive) Whole; complete.

"We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening."

2. Having a smooth margin without any indentation.

3. Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.

3 Progressive Hints — No Spoilers

1 Category

This word describes a feeling or emotion

2 Structure

2 vowel(s) · starts with H

3 Definition

Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.

Wordle Unlimited #871 · Wednesday, May 20, 2026

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CLARIFY MISTAKE HABITAT — tests most common vowels

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✓ HABITAT — Answer found!

Key Insight

This word can be solved in 3 steps using common starting words like CLARIFY.

Word Meaning

HABITAT

/ˈhæbɪtæt/

noun

1. Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.

"This park offers important amphibian habitat and breeding area."

2. A place or type of site where an organism or population naturally occurs.

3. A terrestrial or aquatic area distinguished by geographic, abiotic and biotic features, whether entirely natural or semi-natural.

3 Progressive Hints — No Spoilers

1 Category

This word relates to an action or process

2 Structure

3 vowel(s) · starts with E

3 Definition

To convert (plain text) into code.

Wordle Unlimited #871 · Wednesday, May 20, 2026

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CASUALLY CORRIDOR ENCODING — tests most common vowels

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4 letters present but misplaced. Try different positions while keeping known correct letters.

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✓ ENCODING — Answer found!

Key Insight

This word can be solved in 3 steps using common starting words like CASUALLY.

Word Meaning

ENCODING

/ɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ/

verb

1. To convert (plain text) into code.

2. (communication) To convert source information into another form.

3. To constitute the code necessary for the biosynthesis of a protein by means of a matrix so as to transcribe DNA material.

Antonyms:

decode

noun

1. The way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, e.g. in the rendering of a particular font, or in the mapping from keyboard input into visual text.

2. A conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for decoding by the recipient).

3 Progressive Hints — No Spoilers

1 Category

This word is an adverb describing how something is done

2 Structure

2 vowel(s) · Y acts as vowel · starts with C · has double R

3 Definition

At this moment, at present, now.

Wordle Unlimited #871 · Wednesday, May 20, 2026

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CONDITION CURRENTLY — tests most common vowels

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✓ CURRENTLY — Answer found!

Key Insight

This word can be solved in 2 steps using common starting words like CONDITION.

Word Meaning

CURRENTLY

/ˈkʌɹəntli/ US

adverb

1. At this moment, at present, now.

3 Progressive Hints — No Spoilers

1 Category

This word relates to an action or process

2 Structure

3 vowel(s) · starts with H

3 Definition

A common 10-letter English word

Wordle Unlimited #871 · Wednesday, May 20, 2026

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ANTIBIOTIC HELICOPTER — tests most common vowels

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✓ HELICOPTER — Answer found!

Key Insight

This word can be solved in 2 steps using common starting words like ANTIBIOTIC.

Word Meaning

HELICOPTER

noun/verb/adjective

1. The word "HELICOPTER" is today's Wordle answer.

3 Progressive Hints — No Spoilers

1 Category

This word relates to an action or movement

2 Structure

3 vowel(s) · starts with P

3 Definition

A common 11-letter English word

Wordle Unlimited #871 · Wednesday, May 20, 2026

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SIGNIFICANT PERFORMANCE — tests most common vowels

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✓ PERFORMANCE — Answer found!

Key Insight

This word can be solved in 2 steps using common starting words like SIGNIFICANT.

Word Meaning

PERFORMANCE

noun/verb/adjective

1. The word "PERFORMANCE" is today's Wordle answer.

Today's 5-Letter Answer $CROWD

FOOL

CROWD

ENTIRE

HABITAT

ENCODING

CURRENTLY

HELICOPTER

PERFORMANCE

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