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More MerDer scenes? After Patrick Dempseys highly emotional return toGreys Anatomylast year, fans are speculating whether his beloved character of Derek Shepherd could make future appearances on the show.

Not Wordle, just a sticky note, the official Twitter account for the long-running medical drama teased on Thursday, January 27, alongside 25 small blue boxes to resemble thepopular spelling game.

In Wordle, players have six tries to guess the daily correct word. After each incorrect guess, the game gives letter placement hints by color. Many players have taken to Twitter to share their progress using colored emoji squares.

After the series speculative tweet, many eagle-eyed fans were quick to note that the illustration resembled Dereks low-key Post-It note wedding to Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) during season 7. Considering the comparison, many social media users started to believe it was a clue that theEnchantedactor, 56, could return to the ABC series.

Derek shepherd is alive Confirmation? one fan tweeted on Thursday, as another wrote, Derek is coming I know.

Greys which is set to return from its winter hiatus next month previously welcomed Dempseys character back during the season 17 premiere in a dream sequence as Meredith battled COVID-19. Throughout the season, the 52-year-old Massachusetts natives characterreconnected with her late friends and family, including McDreamy, sister Lexie (Chyler Leigh), George OMalley (T.R. Knight) and Mark Sloan (Eric Dane).

We all cried at the beginning and we hugged each other, Dempsey previously toldVarietyin April 2021 about his return, which was nearly six years after his 2015 exit from the show. It was really for us to get the message out there to wear a mask, take care of yourself.

After Derek reunited with his longtime love in four separate episodes including a dreamy wedding scene Dempsey wasnt ready to rule out another onscreen reunion.

Who knows? Never say never with this show, right? theValentines Dayactor told the outlet. Im glad we did it this year. And [showrunner] Krista Vernoff did a fantastic job telling the story. It was just a great way to give people some hope.

Both longtime fans of the series and former cast members couldnt help gushing over the Maine natives moving cameo.

I was actually thrilled and thought it was incredibly cleverthe way they brought people backduring [Merediths coma], Kate Walsh, who played Addison Montgomery on the ABC show and itsPrivate Practicespinoff, exclusively toldUs Weeklyin May 2021 about her former TV ex-husbands return. What a great device that was. Honestly, I thought it was just awesome and chilling and hugely moving and really cool to take a very kind of, I would say clich device of, you know, coma in the hospital drama, but then make it this amazing thing where youve got Pat andT.R., and didEric come back too? Its just so cool.

The midseason premiere ofGreys Anatomyairs on ABC Thursday, February 24, at 9 p.m. ET.

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