Wordle Dictionary Calendar: 5-Letter Word Explorer

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[Wordle Dictionary Calendar: 5-Letter Word Explorer @BoxerQuail]

For 2026, or '26, we're going though the 5-letter words of the dictionary.
This time from 'a to 'z!
(It's not every year that we can celebrate 26 letters of the alphabet like this.)

Any suggestions of what we should explore next?
(Either in the dictionary or for future topics.)

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5-Letter Word of the Day:
August 28 2026
LACIS [noun]
- network or net, specifically a square-meshed lace with darned patterns (merriam-webster)
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Unrelated:
Wordle 1896 4/6
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨
🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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5-Letter Word of the Day:
August 27 2026
MOAIS [noun, plural]
moai - any of the gigantic carved stone figures found on Easter Island (collinsdictionary)
https://t.co/8QdvWAIHL1
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Unrelated:
Wordle 1895 4/6
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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5-Letter Word of the Day:
August 26 2026
BRAHS [noun, plural]
brah - a male friend, often used in direct address (collinsdictionary)
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Unrelated:
Wordle 1894 4/6
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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5-Letter Word of the Day:
August 25 2026
NOUGS [noun, plural]
noug- the plant Guizotia abyssinica, as grown in Ethiopia for its oil-bearing seed (oed)
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Unrelated:
Wordle 1893 4/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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5-Letter Word of the Day:
August 24 2026
JINGS [interjection, Scotland]
- an exclamation of surprise (wiktionary)
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Unrelated:
Wordle 1892 4/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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5-Letter Word of the Day:
August 23 2026
THIGS
thig
[noun, Scottish]
- the act of begging
[verb]
- to beg (collinsdictionary)
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Unrelated:
Wordle 1891 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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5-Letter Word of the Day:
August 22 2026
TRAGS [noun, plural]
trag
- the teraglin or Geelbeck croaker, Atractoscion aequidens, a coastal sciaenid fish of warm southern seas (oed)
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Unrelated:
Wordle 1890 3/6
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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5-Letter Word of the Day:
August 21 2026
WERFS [noun, plural]
werf - the space around homestead and outbuildings; farmyard (merriam-webster)
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Unrelated:
Wordle 1889 3/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Bonus 5-Letter Word of the Day:
August 20 2026
MURAS
[noun, plural]
mura - in Japan, a village or hamlet (collinsdictionary)
*originally scheduled for July 20 2026, day of Wordle 1857

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Bonus 5-Letter Word of the Day:
July 21 2026
MANZO [noun, Italian]
- beef (oed wiktionary)
*originally scheduled for June 21 2026, day of Wordle 1828

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Bonus 5-Letter Word of the Day:
August 19 2026
REPAS [noun]
- a meal; a feast, a repast (a quantity of food & drink forming or intended for a meal/feast)
*source: oed
*originally scheduled for July 19 2026, day of Wordle 1856

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5-Letter Word of the Day:
August 20 2026
REIFS [noun, plural, Scottish]
reif
- something that is taken by force
- the act of robbery
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Unrelated:
Wordle 1888 5/6
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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5-Letter Word of the Day:
August 19 2026
MIZES [noun, plural]
miz - misery (oed)
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Unrelated:
Wordle 1887 4/6
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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5-Letter Word of the Day:
August 18 2026
VOXES
[noun, plural]
vox
- the voice; vocals
- vox pop: a short, informal, non-prearranged interview with a member of the public (wiktionary)
https://t.co/bai8YhSj3g
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Unrelated:
Wordle 1886 3/6
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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5-Letter Word of the Day:
August 17 2026
LOWES [noun, plural, chiefly Scotland]
lowe
- flame, blaze (merriam-webster)
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Unrelated:
Wordle 1885 3/6
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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5-Letter Word of the Day:
August 16 2026
MOUES [noun, plural]
moue - a little grimace; pout (merriam-webster)
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Unrelated:
Wordle 1884 3/6
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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5-Letter Word of the Day:
August 15 2026
GITES [noun, plural]
gite - a holiday house for renting in France (cambridgedictionary)
https://t.co/7cOlL7aIRa
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Unrelated:
Wordle 1883 4/6
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩
⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩