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- Worst branch
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- Information
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It fits the clues and can win immediately, while still splitting the alternatives well.
Five-letter words matching C_UR_
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10 matching words0 not previously used2 past answersBest matching test word: COURE
Position 2O 50%H 30%A 10%R 10%
Position 5A 10%B 10%D 10%E 10%
used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer
CHURN
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COURT
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CAURI
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CHURL
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CHURR
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COURB
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COURD
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COURE
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COURS
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CRURA
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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: CHURN (July 19, 2026); COURT (January 17, 2024).
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 C_UR_?
All 10 matching words are shown above. 2 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 2nd letter A, H, O, R
- 5th letter A, B, D, E, I, L, N, R, S, T
Meanings and answer history
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CHURN
To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.
“Now the cream is churned to make butter.”
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 19, 2026.
COURT
An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
“The girls were playing in the court.”
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Past Wordle answer: January 17, 2024.
CAURI
A former monetary subdivision, equivalent to one hundredth of a Guinean syli.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
CHURL
A free peasant (as opposed to a serf) of the lowest rank, below an earl and a thane; a freeman; also (more generally), a person without royal or noble status; a commoner.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
CHURR
Alternative spelling of chirr (“to make an insect sound”).
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
COURB
To bend; to bow.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
COURD
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
COURE
Obsolete form of cower.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
COURS
three-month unit of television broadcasting corresponding to a natural season.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
CRURA
plural of crus
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match C_UR_?
- 10 five-letter words match C_UR_ 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, COURE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.39 bits against the possible answers.