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Five-letter words matching G__N_

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Possible answers

GAUNT GIANT GLAND GLINT GOING GRAND GRANT GRIND GRUNT GUANO

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This pattern has 38 words in the Wordle guess list; 10 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 10 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: GAUNT (July 10, 2024); GIANT (February 12, 2023); GLAND (February 24, 2025); GLINT (December 23, 2025); GOING (November 19, 2024); GRAND (June 24, 2023); GRANT (October 16, 2024); GRIND (June 16, 2024); plus 1 more.

Top-ranked splitter ARIOT
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
3.32 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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ARIOT does not fit this page's clues. GRANT keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.2 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues 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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Pattern guide

What fits G__N_?

All 38 matching words are shown above. 10 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

A 45% R 39% S 34% I 26% U 21% O 21%

Words with five different letters

71% of the matches have no repeated letters.

GAUNT GIANT GLAND GLINT GRAND

Common letter pairs

AN 9% NS 9% GR 7% IN 5% NT 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 3% · one: 53% · two: 39% · three or more: 5%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match G__N_?
38 five-letter words match G__N_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, GRONE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.27 bits against the possible answers.
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