Five-letter words matching A_IO_

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This pattern has 10 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: AXIOM (November 21, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter ABAMP
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ABAMP does not fit this page's clues. AFION 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.

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Pattern guide

What fits A_IO_?

All 10 matching words are shown above. 2 are possible answers.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 2nd letter D, F, G, L, N, P, R, V, X
  • 5th letter L, M, N, S, T
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AXIOM

A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.

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

Past Wordle answer: November 21, 2022.

AXION

A hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to resolve certain symmetry problems concerning the strong nuclear force.

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.

ADIOS

goodbye

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AFION

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AGIOS

plural of agio

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ALIOS

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ANION

A negatively charged ion.

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

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APIOL

An oleoresin extracted from parsley

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ARIOT

Filled with or involving rioting or riotous behaviour.

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

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AVION

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Common questions
How many five-letter words match A_IO_?
10 five-letter words match A_IO_ 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, ARIOT has the highest feedback entropy at 5.58 bits against the possible answers.
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