- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 2.32 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the candidates cleanly.
Five-letter words with C, N and W
Our Wordle guess list has 6 five-letter words containing C, N and W, 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; 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: CLOWN (August 25, 2022); CROWN (August 27, 2024); WINCE (January 22, 2022).
ABORE does not fit this page's clues. WENCH 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.
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.
- C most often the 1st letter (50% of these words), also 4th (50%).
- N most often the 3rd letter (50% of these words), also 5th (50%).
- W most often the 1st letter (50% of these words), also 4th (33%), 3rd (17%).
Word notes
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CLOWN
A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.
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Past Wordle answer: August 25, 2022.
CROWN
A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
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Past Wordle answer: August 27, 2024.
WENCH
A girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one.
“Jane played the role of a wench in an Elizabethan comedy.”
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
WINCE
A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away.
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Past Wordle answer: January 22, 2022.
WINCH
A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hoisting or hauling on a rope or cable.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
COWAN
A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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