Wordle · Archive · #1702 · Sunday, February 15, 2026
Wordle #1702 Answer — Sunday, February 15, 2026
Hints, difficulty, the word, and what it means.
Hints & Answer
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Hint 1Category
It's a noun. The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible. -
Hint 2Vowels & repeats
Today's word has just one vowel, and one letter appears more than once. -
Hint 3First letter
It starts with S. -
Hint 4Getting closer
A symbol for death; death's-head
Still stuck? Flip the answer one letter at a time:
S
K
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L
L
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Wordle answer #1702
SKULL
noun /skʌl/
The Word, Explained
The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.
"The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel."
Close cousins: brainpan, harnpan, shoal
Tricky because the repeated L trips up guesses that assume five unique letters, and with a single vowel, early guesses reveal little.
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