Five-letter words matching QU_T_

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This pattern has 9 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: QUITE (July 17, 2024); QUOTA (March 30, 2025); QUOTE (September 10, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter ABHOR
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1
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It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

Hard Mode Use QUATE instead.

ABHOR does not fit this page's clues. QUATE 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: QUOT_

QUOTA, QUOTE, QUOTH differ only in the fifth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ABHOR tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits QU_T_?

All 9 matching words are shown above. 4 are possible answers.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 3rd letter A, E, I, O, Y
  • 5th letter A, E, H, S
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QUITE

To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.

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 17, 2024.

QUOTA

A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.

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, 2025.

QUOTE

A statement attributed to a person; a quotation.

“She loved reading quotes of famous people.”

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 10, 2023.

QUOTH

said

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.

QUITS

On equal monetary terms; neither owing or being owed.

“Here's the last of the money you lent me. We're quits now, right?”

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.

QUATE

quiet

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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QUATS

plural of quat

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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QUETE

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QUYTE

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How many five-letter words match QU_T_?
9 five-letter words match QU_T_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 4 are possible answers.
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