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Five-letter words with E, L and S in the middle
Our Wordle guess list has 10 five-letter words with E, L and S inside the middle three positions. Use this list when other clues place these letters somewhere in those positions.
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This list has 10 Wordle guesses; 4 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 4 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: FLESH (August 11, 2021); ISLET (September 22, 2021).
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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 10 matching words, here's where each one tends to sit, which can help place your next guess.
- E most often the 3rd letter (40% of these words), also 2nd (30%), 4th (30%).
- L most often the 3rd letter (50% of these words), also 2nd (40%), 4th (10%).
- S most often the 4th letter (60% of these words), also 2nd (30%), 5th (20%), 3rd (10%).
Word notes
Definitions are sourced or editorially reviewed and do not determine word-list status. Corrections.
BLESS
To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
FLESH
The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.
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Past Wordle answer: August 11, 2021.
ISLET
A small island.
“There is an islet on the other side of this body of water.”
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Past Wordle answer: September 22, 2021.
WELSH
To cheat or swindle someone, often by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
ISLES
plural of isle
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
TESLA
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux density or magnetic inductivity.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
BLEST
Archaic spelling of blessed.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
ISLED
Having an island or islands.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
PELSH
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
PLESH
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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