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It fits the clues and can win immediately, while still splitting the alternatives well.
Five-letter words matching A_GE_
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7 matching words0 not previously used2 past answersBest matching test word: ANGER
Position 2U 43%N 29%E 14%G 14%
Position 5R 57%L 14%N 14%S 14%
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This pattern has 7 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: ANGEL (September 16, 2023); ANGER (May 6, 2023).
It is legal under the clues represented on this page. If you also have yellow-position information, check that extra detail 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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What fits A_GE_?
All 7 matching words are shown above. 2 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 2nd letter E, G, N, U
- 5th letter L, N, R, S
Meanings and answer history
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ANGEL
An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.
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Past Wordle answer: September 16, 2023.
ANGER
A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, unfair or unjust treatment, or an undesired situation.
“vent one's anger”
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Past Wordle answer: May 6, 2023.
AEGER
Absent and excused from one’s classes due to illness
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
AGGER
A double tide, particularly a high tide in which the water rises to a given level, recedes, and then rises again (or only the second of these high waters), but sometimes equally a low tide in which the water recedes to a given level, rises, and then recedes again
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
AUGEN
Flattened eye-shaped mineral grains present in some metamorphic rocks.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
AUGER
A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
AUGES
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match A_GE_?
- 7 five-letter words match A_GE_ 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, ANGER has the highest feedback entropy at 5.19 bits against the possible answers.