NBA Wordle #75
Friday, September 18, 2026 · already played
The answer
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ANTHONY
Carmelo Anthony
F · 2003–2022
Carmelo Anthony's career
Carmelo Anthony played 19 seasons between 2003 and 2022, across 6 franchises — Nuggets, Knicks, Thunder, Rockets, Trail Blazers and Lakers. Over 1,260 regular-season games he averaged 22.5 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists, finishing with 28,289 career points. He was 10× All-Star, 6× All-NBA and member of the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.
He entered the league in the 2003 draft, taken 3th overall, a lottery pick expected to start immediately. That makes him a product of the 2000s, and his career totals should be read against the pace and rules of that period.
Across a unusually long career of 19 seasons he was a primary scoring option at 22.5 points per game.
- Games
- 1,260
- PPG
- 22.5
- RPG
- 6.2
- APG
- 2.7
- Points
- 28,289
- Rebounds
- 7,808
- Assists
- 3,422
- 3PM
- 1,731
Teams
- Nuggets · 2004–2011
- Knicks · 2011–2017
- Thunder · 2018
- Rockets · 2019
- Trail Blazers · 2020–2021
- Lakers · 2022
Honours
10× All-Star · 6× All-NBA · 3× Olympic gold · NBA 75th Anniversary Team
About the answer
The answer was ANTHONY — 7 letters, made up of 6 distinct letters and beginning with A.
The optional hint offered that day read: “Played for DEN 2004–11, NYK 2011–17, OKC 2018, HOU 2019, …”.
Why this was a fair answer
Answers are never obscure by design: the pool is every NBA All-Star who debuted in the 1969-70 season or later, plus current players carrying a real scoring role. Carmelo Anthony qualifies on the first route, with 10 All-Star selections — a perennial selection rather than a one-off. He was later named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.
With 6 franchises on his record, the shared-team clue was unusually generous here — a wide range of guesses would have lit it up green and pointed the wrong way as often as the right one. He never won a title, which quietly rules out a large share of the most-guessed names.
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