- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.59 bits
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Five-letter words starting with ETH
Our Wordle guess list has 6 five-letter words that start with ETH.
6 matching words
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This list has 6 Wordle guesses; 3 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 3 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: ETHER (June 6, 2024); ETHIC (May 10, 2023); ETHOS (July 28, 2023).
AARTI does not fit this page's clues. ETHER keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.67 (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 ETH prefix fixes these letters in positions 1, 2 and 3; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- E most often the 1st letter (100% of these words), also 4th (17%), 5th (17%).
- T most often the 2nd letter (100% of these words).
- H most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words).
Word notes
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ETHER
The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities.
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Past Wordle answer: June 6, 2024.
ETHIC
Moral, relating to morals.
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Past Wordle answer: May 10, 2023.
ETHOS
The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement.
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Past Wordle answer: July 28, 2023.
ETHAL
cetyl alcohol
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
ETHNE
plural of ethnos
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
ETHYL
The univalent hydrocarbon radical, C₂H₅, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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