- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 2.32 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the candidates cleanly.
Five-letter words ending in ERT
Our Wordle guess list has 10 five-letter words that end in ERT.
10 matching words
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This list has 10 Wordle guesses; 5 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 5 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: ALERT (March 6, 2025); AVERT (November 19, 2022); EXERT (September 15, 2023); INERT (April 24, 2022); OVERT (April 24, 2024).
ABOIL does not fit this page's clues. AVERT keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.4 (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 ERT suffix fixes these letters in positions 3, 4 and 5; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- E most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words), also 1st (20%).
- R most often the 4th letter (100% of these words).
- T 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.
ALERT
Attentive; awake; on guard.
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Past Wordle answer: March 6, 2025.
AVERT
To turn aside or away.
“I averted my eyes while my friend typed in her password.”
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Past Wordle answer: November 19, 2022.
EXERT
To make use of, to apply, especially of something nonmaterial; to bring to bear.
“He considered exerting his influence on John to gain an advantage for himself.”
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Past Wordle answer: September 15, 2023.
INERT
Unable to move or act; inanimate.
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Past Wordle answer: April 24, 2022.
OVERT
Open and not concealed or secret.
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Past Wordle answer: April 24, 2024.
APERT
open; uncovered; revealed
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
BLERT
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
CHERT
Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
EVERT
To turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
PIERT
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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