NBA Wordle #95
Thursday, October 8, 2026 · already played
The answer
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DUREN
Jalen Duren
C · 2022–2027
Jalen Duren's career
Jalen Duren played 5 seasons between 2022 and 2027, all of it with the Pistons. Over 276 regular-season games he averaged 13.5 points, 10.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists, finishing with 3,736 career points. He was 1× All-Star and 1× All-NBA.
He entered the league in the 2022 draft, taken 13th overall in the lottery. That makes him a product of the 2020s, and his career totals should be read against the pace and rules of that period.
Across a short career of 5 seasons he was a rotation piece at 13.5 points per game. On the glass he was among the players a team could build a defence around.
- Games
- 276
- PPG
- 13.5
- RPG
- 10.3
- APG
- 2.1
- Points
- 3,736
- Rebounds
- 2,848
- Assists
- 569
- 3PM
- 0
Teams
- Pistons · 2023–2026
Honours
1× All-Star · 1× All-NBA
About the answer
The answer was DUREN — 5 letters, made up of 5 distinct letters and beginning with D.
The optional hint offered that day read: “13.5 career PPG · 1× All-Star”.
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. Jalen Duren qualifies on the first route, with 1 All-Star selection — a one-time selection.
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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