- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 2.0 bits
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Five-letter words ending in EF
Our Wordle guess list has 9 five-letter words that end in EF.
9 matching words
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This list has 9 Wordle guesses; 4 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 4 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: BRIEF (January 11, 2024); CHIEF (August 29, 2022); GRIEF (May 19, 2023); THIEF (April 14, 2023).
ABAHT does not fit this page's clues. BRIEF keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.5 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Where these letters usually land
The EF suffix fixes these letters in positions 4 and 5; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- E most often the 4th letter (100% of these words), also 3rd (22%).
- F most often the 5th letter (100% of these words).
Word notes
Definitions are sourced or editorially reviewed and do not determine word-list status. Corrections.
BRIEF
Of short duration; happening quickly.
“Her reign was brief but spectacular.”
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Past Wordle answer: January 11, 2024.
CHIEF
The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
“All firefighters report to the fire chief.”
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Past Wordle answer: August 29, 2022.
GRIEF
Suffering, hardship.
“The neighbour's teenagers give me grief every time they see me.”
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Past Wordle answer: May 19, 2023.
THIEF
One who carries out a theft.
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Past Wordle answer: April 14, 2023.
GANEF
A thief; a rascal or scoundrel.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
GONEF
Alternative form of ganef.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
KREEF
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
PRIEF
Obsolete form of proof.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
SKEEF
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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