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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TRUTH It's 'rarely pure and never simple,' Oscar Wilde once wrote (5) New York Times Aug 13, 2021
80% THETRUTH It's 'rarely pure and never simple,' per Oscar Wilde (8) New York Times Mar 16, 2017
60% EPIGRAM The truth is rarely pure and never simple, say (7) The Guardian Quick Feb 17, 2024
57% IDEAL An ____ Husband, Oscar Wilde play (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 31, 2025
52% EASYASPIE Simple (9) Wall Street Journal Aug 28, 2025
52% MERE Simple (4) Eugene Sheffer Aug 27, 2025
52% EASYPEASY Simple (9) Thomas Joseph Aug 27, 2025
52% ACROSS Oscar's wild for clues like this (6)
50% BLISS Pure joy (5) LA Times Daily Aug 31, 2025
50% ECSTASY Pure bliss (7) Wall Street Journal Aug 26, 2025

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