5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words starting with SC and ending in T (SC__T)

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SCANT SCENT SCOUT

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This pattern has 9 words in the Wordle guess list; 3 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 3 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: SCANT (January 4, 2024); SCENT (June 20, 2024); SCOUT (June 6, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter AAHED
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
1.59 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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AAHED does not fit this page's clues. SCANT keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 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 SC__T?

All 9 matching words are shown above. 3 are possible answers.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 3rd letter A, E, O, R, U
  • 4th letter A, F, N, O, R, T, U
Meanings and answer history

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SCANT

Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.

“a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: January 4, 2024.

SCENT

A distinctive smell.

“the scent of flowers / of a skunk”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: June 20, 2024.

SCOUT

A person sent out to gather and bring back information; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: June 6, 2023.

SCART

To scratch or scrape.

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.

SCATT

Obsolete spelling of scat (“tax, tribute”).

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SCEAT

A small Anglo-Saxon coin, especially one made of silver; sometimes regarded as a weight (and thus a comparative measure of a coin's value).

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.

SCOOT

A swift movement or trip

“a quick scoot to the supermarket”

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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SCRAT

To scratch; to use one's nails or claws.

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.

SCUFT

scruff; nape of the neck

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.

Common questions
How many five-letter words match SC__T?
9 five-letter words match SC__T in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 3 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SCEAT has the highest feedback entropy at 5.38 bits against the possible answers.
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