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Five-letter words starting with L and ending in N (L___N)

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Showing 35 matching words

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Shortlist

What the remaining words have in common

35 matching words3 not previously used5 past answers

Position 2O 29%I 26%A 23%E 14%

Position 3G 14%M 14%K 9%P 9%

Position 4E 34%I 31%A 26%O 6%

Possible answers

LADEN LEARN LEMON LIKEN LINEN LIVEN LOGIN LUMEN

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

LADEN used LEARN used LEMON used LIKEN used LINEN used LIVEN possible LOGIN possible LUMEN possible LEVIN guess LOGAN guess LOHAN guess LAGAN guess LAKIN guess LAPIN guess LATEN guess LAUAN guess LAWIN guess LAYIN guess LEBEN guess LEMAN guess LIGAN guess LIKIN guess LIMAN guess LIMEN guess LININ guess LIPIN guess LODEN guess LOGON guess LORAN guess LOSEN guess LOWAN guess LOWEN guess LOZEN guess LUPIN guess LYSIN guess

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The top-ranked splitter is shown in the shortlist note below. Add a gray or yellow clue here to recalculate after the position changes.

Previously used by Wordle: LADEN (April 9, 2026); LEARN (December 28, 2023); LEMON (January 7, 2023); LIKEN (May 6, 2026); LINEN (March 3, 2026).

Top-ranked splitter AEVUM

Average remaining: 1.25
Worst branch: 2
Information: 2.75 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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AEVUM does not fit this page's clues. LAKIN 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: LI_EN

LIKEN, LINEN, LIVEN differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; AEVUM tests the family more efficiently.

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Statistics

23% possible answers

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Opening information

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

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Useful letters still to test

I 49% E 46% A 46% O 31% M 14% G 14%

Words with five different letters

77% of the matches have no repeated letters.

LADEN LEARN LEMON LIKEN LIVEN

Common letter pairs

EN 12/35 words (34%) IN 12/35 words (34%) LO 10/35 words (29%) LI 9/35 words (26%) AN 9/35 words (26%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 3% · two: 94% · three or more: 3%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match L___N?: 35 five-letter words match L___N in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 8 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, LEARN has the highest feedback entropy at 5.65 bits against the possible answers.

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