- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.0 bits
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Five-letter words starting with PET
Our Wordle guess list has 10 five-letter words that start with PET.
10 matching words
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This list has 10 Wordle guesses; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: PETAL (August 31, 2025); PETTY (June 16, 2025).
AAHED does not fit this page's clues. PETAL keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 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 PET prefix fixes these letters in positions 1, 2 and 3; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- P most often the 1st letter (100% of these words).
- E most often the 2nd letter (100% of these words), also 4th (10%), 5th (10%).
- T most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words), also 4th (30%), 5th (10%).
Word notes
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PETAL
One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.
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Past Wordle answer: August 31, 2025.
PETTY
Having little or no importance.
“a petty fault petty squabbles”
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Past Wordle answer: June 16, 2025.
PETER
The penis.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
PETIT
Petite: small, little.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
PETAR
Obsolete form of petard.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
PETOS
plural of Peto
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
PETRE
Clipping of pet regression.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
PETRI
Ellipsis of petri dish.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
PETTI
A petticoat.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
PETTO
Only used in in petto
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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