5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching AR_O_

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Possible answers

ARBOR ARDOR ARMOR ARROW ARSON

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This pattern has 12 words in the Wordle guess list; 5 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 5 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: ARBOR (February 24, 2023); ARDOR (November 3, 2023); ARROW (April 11, 2025).

Top-ranked splitter BARDS
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 remaining answers cleanly.

Hard Mode Use ARBOR instead.

BARDS does not fit this page's clues. ARBOR 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.

Tight family: AR_OR

ARBOR, ARDOR, ARMOR differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; BARDS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits AR_O_?

All 12 matching words are shown above. 5 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

S 25% G 25% N 17% T 17% B 8% D 8%

Words with five different letters

58% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ARSON ARCOS ARGOL ARGON ARGOT

Common letter pairs

AR 25% OR 6% RG 6% GO 6% RR 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 92% · three or more: 8%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match AR_O_?
12 five-letter words match AR_O_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 5 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, ARIOT has the highest feedback entropy at 5.58 bits against the possible answers.
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