5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words starting with B and ending in ON (B__ON)

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What the remaining words have in common

12 matching words1 not previously used3 past answersBest matching test word: BARONTight family: BA_ON (3)

Position 2A 42%I 25%E 17%O 17%
Position 3S 25%L 17%R 17%T 17%

Possible answers

BACON BARON BATON BISON

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

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This pattern has 12 words in the Wordle guess list; 4 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 4 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BACON (December 17, 2023); BARON (January 23, 2026); BATON (July 3, 2026).

Top-ranked splitter AARTI
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 remaining answers cleanly.

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AARTI does not fit this page's clues. BACON keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.5 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: BA_ON

BACON, BARON, BATON differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; AARTI tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits B__ON?

All 12 matching words are shown above. 4 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

A 42% I 25% S 25% R 17% T 17% L 17%

Words with five different letters

83% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BACON BARON BATON BISON BALON

Common letter pairs

ON 12/12 words (100%) BA 5/12 words (42%) BI 3/12 words (25%) SO 3/12 words (25%) RO 2/12 words (17%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 100% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match B__ON?
12 five-letter words match B__ON in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 4 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, BARON has the highest feedback entropy at 5.05 bits against the possible answers.