- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.0 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the candidates cleanly.
Five-letter words with B, O and V
Our Wordle guess list has 6 five-letter words containing B, O and V, wherever those letters fall. Use the list when you have yellow tiles but not their positions.
6 matching words
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This list has 6 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: ABOVE (March 2, 2023); BRAVO (June 2, 2024).
AAHED does not fit this page's clues. ABOVE 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
You know these letters are in the word (yellow tiles) but not where. Across the 6 matching words, here's where each one tends to sit, which can help place your next guess.
- B most often the 1st letter (50% of these words), also 2nd (17%), 3rd (17%), 5th (17%).
- O most often the 2nd letter (50% of these words), also 3rd (17%), 4th (17%), 5th (17%).
- V most often the 1st letter (33% of these words), also 3rd (33%), 4th (33%).
Word notes
Definitions are sourced or editorially reviewed and do not determine word-list status. Corrections.
ABOVE
Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.
“He always put his coat on above his sweater.”
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Past Wordle answer: March 2, 2023.
BRAVO
A hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado.
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Past Wordle answer: June 2, 2024.
BEVOR
A portion of plate armour to protect the lower face and the neck, typically in two parts, called upper bevor and lower bevor.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
BOVID
An animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
VOBLA
A Caspian roach (Rutilus caspicus), formerly considered a subspecies of the common roach.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
VOCAB
Vocabulary, especially that acquired while learning a language.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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