Wordle #1972: 131 Openers That Solve KARAT in Two Guesses

Wordle #1972, November 12, 2026: today's answer is KARAT. Each word below leaves KARAT as the only possible answer after your first guess, so your second guess is guaranteed to win.

How the list was built

A scan of about 14,800 five-letter openers against the answer list kept only the words whose feedback leaves exactly one possible answer for KARAT. Each one was then played through the Word Bot, which solved KARAT on guess two under both the Strictest and Easy rule sets.

The 131 openers

Try it yourself

Pick any opener above and play it in the Word Bot against KARAT. It shows each guess and the reasoning behind it, so you can see why the second guess lands.