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Five-letter words matching F_R_E

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FARCE FORCE FORGE FORTE

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This pattern has 10 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: FARCE (May 11, 2022); FORCE (March 30, 2024); FORGE (September 24, 2021); FORTE (July 24, 2024).

Top-ranked splitter ACETA
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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ACETA does not fit this page's clues. FARCE 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: FOR_E

FORCE, FORGE, FORTE differ only in the fourth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ACETA tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits F_R_E?

All 10 matching words are shown above. 4 are possible answers.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 2nd letter A, I, O, U
  • 4th letter C, G, I, L, M, S, T, Z
Meanings and answer history

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FARCE

A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method.

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

Past Wordle answer: May 11, 2022.

FORCE

Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.

“the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract”

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 30, 2024.

FORGE

A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.

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

Past Wordle answer: September 24, 2021.

FORTE

A strength or talent; a strong point.

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

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 24, 2024.

FARLE

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FARSE

A vernacular paraphrase inserted into Latin liturgy.

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FIRIE

A firefighter.

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FORME

Alternative form of form (“type etc. secured in a chase”).

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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FORZE

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FURZE

A thorny evergreen shrub, with yellow flowers, Ulex gen. et spp., of which Ulex europaeus is particularly common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain and Ireland.

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.

Common questions
How many five-letter words match F_R_E?
10 five-letter words match F_R_E 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, FARSE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.41 bits against the possible answers.
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