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Five-letter words matching L__T_

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Showing 35 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

35 matching words0 not previously used5 past answers

Position 2E 29%O 29%I 17%A 14%

Position 3F 17%N 17%T 17%S 14%

Position 5S 46%Y 20%A 9%E 9%

Possible answers

LATTE LEFTY LOATH LOFTY LUSTY

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

LATTE used LEFTY used LOATH used LOFTY used LUSTY used LASTS guess LIFTS guess LISTS guess LOTTA guess LOTTO guess LAITH guess LAITY guess LANTS guess LEATS guess LEETS guess LEFTE guess LEFTS guess LENTI guess LENTO guess LEPTA guess LESTS guess LETTY guess LILTS guess LILTY guess LINTS guess LINTY guess LOFTS guess LOOTS guess LOTTE guess LOUTS guess LOWTH guess LOWTS guess LUNTS guess LUSTS guess LYTTA guess

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Previously used by Wordle: LATTE (May 16, 2023); LEFTY (September 16, 2025); LOATH (May 18, 2026); LOFTY (September 10, 2022); LUSTY (September 15, 2021).

Top-ranked splitter LEFTY

Average remaining: 1.0
Worst branch: 1
Information: 2.32 bits

It fits the clues and can win immediately, while still splitting the alternatives well.

Hard Mode LEFTY keeps every stated clue.

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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14% possible answers

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: LEATS of the 35 words here

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Useful letters still to test

S 49% E 34% O 31% A 29% I 26% Y 23%

Words with five different letters

57% of the matches have no repeated letters.

LEFTY LOATH LOFTY LUSTY LAITH

Common letter pairs

TS 16/35 words (46%) LE 10/35 words (29%) LO 10/35 words (29%) TY 7/35 words (20%) TT 6/35 words (17%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 57% · two: 43% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match L__T_?: 35 five-letter words match L__T_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 5 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, LEATS has the highest feedback entropy at 5.56 bits against the possible answers.

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