- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 2.0 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the candidates cleanly.
Five-letter words with I, Q and U in the middle
Our Wordle guess list has 10 five-letter words with I, Q and U 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: EQUIP (April 15, 2024); PIQUE (October 26, 2023); SQUID (January 20, 2025).
ABAMP does not fit this page's clues. EQUID 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 10 matching words, here's where each one tends to sit, which can help place your next guess.
- I most often the 4th letter (70% of these words), also 2nd (30%), 5th (10%).
- Q most often the 2nd letter (60% of these words), also 3rd (40%).
- U most often the 3rd letter (60% of these words), also 4th (30%), 2nd (10%).
Word notes
Definitions are sourced or editorially reviewed and do not determine word-list status. Corrections.
EQUIP
To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging).
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: April 15, 2024.
PIQUE
To wound the pride of (someone); to excite to anger; to irritate, to offend.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: October 26, 2023.
SQUIB
A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.
“English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th-century battle against the Spanish Armada.”
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
SQUID
Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: January 20, 2025.
EQUID
Any animal of the taxonomic family Equidae, including any equine (horse, zebra, ass, mule, etc.).
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
FIQUE
A natural fiber, similar to hemp, obtained from the leaves of the plant Furcraea andina and certain other plants of the genus Furcraea.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
GUQIN
A plucked zither-like stringed instrument (chordophone), traditionally featuring seven unfretted strings, originating in ancient China.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
PIQUI
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
SQUIT
A person of low status.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
SQUIZ
Alternative form of squizz.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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