Five-letter words matching F_RT_

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What the remaining words have in common

7 matching words0 not previously used3 past answersBest matching test word: FORTETight family: FORT_ (3)

Position 2O 57%A 14%I 14%U 14%
Position 5H 43%S 29%E 14%Y 14%

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This pattern has 7 words in the Wordle guess list; 3 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 3 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: FORTE (July 24, 2024); FORTH (August 13, 2021); FORTY (March 1, 2024).

Top-ranked splitter AAHED
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
1.58 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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AAHED does not fit this page's clues. FORTE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.67 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: FORT_

FORTE, FORTH, FORTY differ only in the fifth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; AAHED tests the family more efficiently.

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What fits F_RT_?

All 7 matching words are shown above. 3 are possible answers.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 2nd letter A, I, O, U
  • 5th letter E, H, S, Y
Meanings and answer history

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FORTE

A strength or talent; a strong point.

“He writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte.”

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Past Wordle answer: July 24, 2024.

FORTH

Misspelling of fourth.

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Past Wordle answer: August 13, 2021.

FORTY

The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.

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

Past Wordle answer: March 1, 2024.

FARTS

plural of fart

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FIRTH

An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.

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FORTS

plural of fort

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FURTH

out or outside

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Common questions
How many five-letter words match F_RT_?
7 five-letter words match F_RT_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 3 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, FORTE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.22 bits against the possible answers.