Plus: long-distance loans, another cracker of the late-comeback-and-win genre and winning with seven menMail us your questions or tweet @TheKnowledge_GU“The other day, the Wordle answer was MOUNT, which got me thinking – is Mason Mount the only footballer (present or former) whose first and second name are recognised five-letter words in the dictionary and therefore legitimate potential answers in Wordle?” asks Joe Hutton.
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Far be it from us wanting to publicise a rival’s game, but never let it be said we are not here to serve you, readers. To the best of our knowledge, Wordle works from a list of [spoiler alert] these 2,315 words, which scuppers a number of your suggestions – many of which are wholly valid dictionary suggestions (although it now also seems likely the NYT’s list is swiftly changing). Therefore, and deep breath …