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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ROGER Backing barely one of 16 popes will do (5)
6% PAWN One of 16 on a chessboard (4) Wall Street Journal Nov 25, 2025
6% GREGORY One of 16 popes (7)
5% STUB Barely-there pencil (4) Wall Street Journal Jan 10, 2026
5% PIUS Name of 12 popes (4) Eugene Sheffer Jan 7, 2026
5% LEOV 10th-century pope (4) Premier Sunday Jan 4, 2026
5% ENRICO Name on the cover of The Pope of Physics (6) Newsday Jan 3, 2026
5% LEOI First of 14 popes (4) Newsday Jan 2, 2026
5% EKES ___ out (barely gets) (4) USA Today Jan 1, 2026
5% EKE ___ by (barely manage) (3) USA Today Dec 30, 2025
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