5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching Q_E__

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What the remaining words have in common

18 matching words0 not previously used6 past answers

Position 2U 100%
Position 4E 22%Y 17%R 11%S 11%
Position 5N 22%E 17%K 11%A 6%

Possible answers

QUEEN QUEER QUELL QUERY QUEST QUEUE

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How to play this shortlist

This pattern has 18 words in the Wordle guess list; 6 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 6 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: QUEEN (November 23, 2023); QUEER (June 24, 2026); QUELL (June 13, 2026); QUERY (January 10, 2022); QUEST (August 20, 2023); QUEUE (November 19, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter ALTER
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.58 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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ALTER does not fit this page's clues. QUETE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.67 (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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What fits Q_E__?

All 18 matching words are shown above. 6 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

U 100% N 28% Y 22% R 17% S 17% T 11%

Words with five different letters

50% of the matches have no repeated letters.

QUERY QUEST QUEAN QUECK QUENA

Common letter pairs

QU 18/18 words (100%) UE 18/18 words (100%) EE 4/18 words (22%) ER 3/18 words (17%) EY 3/18 words (17%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 39% · three or more: 61%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match Q_E__?
18 five-letter words match Q_E__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 6 are possible answers.