NBA Wordle #47
Friday, August 21, 2026 · already played
The answer
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REAVES
Austin Reaves
G · 2021–2027
Austin Reaves's career
Austin Reaves played 6 seasons between 2021 and 2027, all of it with the Lakers. Over 331 regular-season games he averaged 15.8 points, 3.9 rebounds and 4.5 assists, finishing with 5,239 career points.
Austin Reaves was never drafted, reaching the NBA as an undrafted free agent — a route that makes the length of his career the more notable part of it.
Across a short career of 6 seasons he was a consistent starter at 15.8 points per game.
- Games
- 331
- PPG
- 15.8
- RPG
- 3.9
- APG
- 4.5
- Points
- 5,239
- Rebounds
- 1,307
- Assists
- 1,476
- 3PM
- 611
Teams
- Lakers · 2022–2026
About the answer
The answer was REAVES — 6 letters, made up of 5 distinct letters and beginning with R.
The optional hint offered that day read: “15.8 career PPG · 331 games played”.
Why this was a fair answer
Austin Reaves was never an All-Star, so he reaches the answer pool by the second route: current players with a genuine offensive role, at least 12 points per game and 150 career games. At 15.8 points across 331 games he clears that bar comfortably, which is why a player without the honours of the pool's headline names can still turn up as an answer.
A one-franchise career made the shared-team clue brutal: it stayed grey for almost every guess, and went green only for players from that same roster. A recent debut meant the arrow pointed forward for nearly every guess, which narrows the field quickly once you trust it. He never won a title, which quietly rules out a large share of the most-guessed names.
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