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Five-letter words matching A_AT_

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9 matching words0 not previously used2 past answersBest matching test word: ALATE

Position 2G 22%L 22%B 11%D 11%
Position 5E 44%A 22%O 11%S 11%

Possible answers

ABATE AGATE

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This pattern has 9 words in the Wordle guess list; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: ABATE (July 7, 2021); AGATE (September 29, 2021).

Top-ranked splitter ABATE
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1.0
Worst branch
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1.0 bits

It fits the clues and can win immediately, while still splitting the alternatives well.

Hard Mode ABATE keeps every stated clue.

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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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What fits A_AT_?

All 9 matching words are shown above. 2 are possible answers.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 2nd letter B, D, G, L, M, N, W
  • 5th letter A, E, O, S, Y
Meanings and answer history

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ABATE

To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: July 7, 2021.

AGATE

A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: September 29, 2021.

ADATS

plural of adat

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

AGATY

Of the nature of agate, or containing agate.

“agaty rock”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

ALATA

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ALATE

Having wings or winglike extensions or parts; winged.

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AMATE

Paper produced from the bark of adult Ficus trees.

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Not listed among past Wordle answers.

ANATA

Alternative form of anatta.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

AWATO

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

Common questions
How many five-letter words match A_AT_?
9 five-letter words match A_AT_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 2 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, ALATE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.15 bits against the possible answers.