- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 2.32 bits
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Five-letter words ending in OSS
Our Wordle guess list has 8 five-letter words that end in OSS.
8 matching words
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This list has 8 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: CROSS (January 31, 2023); FLOSS (July 20, 2021); GLOSS (April 26, 2026); GROSS (October 17, 2025).
ALGID does not fit this page's clues. GLOSS 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.
Tight family:
_ROSS
CROSS, DROSS, GROSS differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ALGID tests the family more efficiently.
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Where these letters usually land
The OSS suffix fixes these letters in positions 3, 4 and 5; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- O most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words).
- S most often the 4th letter (100% of these words), also 5th (100%), 1st (12%).
Word notes
Definitions are sourced or editorially reviewed and do not determine word-list status. Corrections.
CROSS
A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
“Put a cross for a wrong answer and a tick for a right one.”
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Past Wordle answer: January 31, 2023.
DROSS
Waste or impure matter.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
FLOSS
A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.
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Past Wordle answer: July 20, 2021.
GLOSS
A surface shine or luster.
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Past Wordle answer: April 26, 2026.
GROSS
remarkably great, big, vast in an often unpleasant way; (of behaviour) Highly or conspicuously offensive.
“a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence; a gross insult”
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Past Wordle answer: October 17, 2025.
CHOSS
Rock that is unsuitable for rock climbing, e.g. because it is too soft, unstable, or overgrown.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
PROSS
A prostitute.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
STOSS
Facing towards the flow of a glacier or fluid.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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