- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 2.58 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the candidates cleanly.
Five-letter words with A, D and L in the middle
Our Wordle guess list has 23 five-letter words with A, D and L inside the middle three positions. Use this list when other clues place these letters somewhere in those positions.
23 matching words
Refine these results in Word Finder →- BADLY past answer possible answer
- BLADE past answer possible answer
- GLADE past answer possible answer
- LADLE past answer possible answer
- MADLY past answer possible answer
- SADLY possible answer
- SLADE Wordle guess
- WALDO Wordle guess
- BALDS Wordle guess
- BALDY Wordle guess
- BLADS Wordle guess
- BLADY Wordle guess
- CLADE Wordle guess
- CLADS Wordle guess
- DADLA Wordle guess
- GLADS Wordle guess
- GLADY Wordle guess
- HALDI Wordle guess
- LALDY Wordle guess
- ODALS Wordle guess
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This list has 23 Wordle guesses; 6 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 6 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: BADLY (November 12, 2021); BLADE (December 21, 2024); GLADE (June 21, 2025); LADLE (March 15, 2025); MADLY (February 19, 2025).
ABASE does not fit this page's clues. BADLY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.33 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
Tight family:
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BADLY, MADLY, SADLY differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ABASE tests the family more efficiently.
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Where these letters usually land
You know these letters are in the word (yellow tiles) but not where. Across the 23 matching words, here's where each one tends to sit, which can help place your next guess.
- A most often the 2nd letter (52% of these words), also 3rd (48%), 5th (4%).
- D most often the 4th letter (65% of these words), also 3rd (26%), 2nd (9%), 1st (4%).
- L most often the 2nd letter (39% of these words), also 4th (35%), 3rd (26%), 1st (9%).
What the labels mean
Every match is in our Wordle guess list. “Possible answer” marks words on the answer list used by this site's solver, while “Past answer” marks words already used. For more filters, continue this search in Word Finder.