Five-letter words matching S_E__

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What the remaining words have in common

190 matching words12 not previously used36 past answers

Position 2T 19%P 14%K 14%H 13%
Position 4E 21%A 13%L 12%N 10%
Position 5S 25%T 11%L 9%D 8%

48 of the 190 matches are possible answers.

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Still undecided: 2nd letter: C, E, H, I, L, M, N, P, T, U, W·4th letter: A, C, D, E, G, I, L, N, P, R, V·5th letter: D, E, F, K, L, M, N, P, R, T, Y

Possible answers

36 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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

SCENE used SCENT used SEEDY used SHEAR used SHEEN possible SHEEP used SHEER possible SHEET used SHEIK possible SHELF used SHELL used SIEGE used SIEVE possible SLEEK used SLEEP used SLEET possible SLEPT possible SMEAR used SMELL used SMELT used SNEAK used SNEER possible SPEAK used SPEAR used SPECK used SPEED used SPELL used SPELT used SPEND used SPENT used SPERM possible STEAD used STEAK used STEAL possible STEAM used STEED used STEEL used STEEP used STEER possible STEIN used STERN used SUEDE used SWEAR possible SWEAT used SWEEP used SWEET used SWELL used SWEPT possible SEEDS guess SEEKS guess SEEMS guess SHEDS guess SPECS guess STEMS guess STEPS guess SWEDE guess SAETA guess SCEAT guess SCENA guess SCEND guess SDEIN guess SEELD guess SEELS guess SEELY guess SEEPS guess SEEPY guess SEERS guess SHEAF guess SHEAL guess SHEAS guess SHEEL guess SHEND guess SHENG guess SHENT guess SHEOL guess SHERD guess SHERE guess SHERO guess SHETS guess SHEVA guess SHEWN guess SHEWS guess SIELD guess SIENS guess SIENT guess SIETH guess SIEUR guess SKEAN guess SKEAR guess SKEDS guess SKEED guess SKEEF guess SKEEN guess SKEER guess SKEES guess SKEET guess SKEEV guess SKEEZ guess SKEGG guess SKEGS guess SKEIN guess SKELF guess SKELL guess SKELM guess SKELP guess SKENE guess SKENS guess SKEOS guess SKEPS guess SKERM guess SKERS guess SKETS guess SKEWS guess SLEBS guess SLEDS guess SLEER guess SLEWS guess SLEYS guess SMEEK guess SMEES guess SMEIK guess SMEKE guess SMERK guess SMEWS guess SNEAD guess SNEAP guess SNEBS guess SNECK guess SNEDS guess SNEED guess SNEES guess SNELL guess SPEAL guess SPEAN guess SPEAT guess SPECT guess SPEEL guess SPEER guess SPEIL guess SPEIR guess SPEKS guess SPELD guess SPELK guess SPEOS guess SPESH guess SPETS guess SPEUG guess SPEWS guess SPEWY guess STEAN guess STEAR guess STEDD guess STEDE guess STEDS guess STEEK guess STEEM guess STEEN guess STEEZ guess STEIK guess STEIL guess STELA guess STELE guess STELL guess STEME guess STEND guess STENO guess STENS guess STENT guess STEPT guess STERE guess STETS guess STEWS guess STEWY guess STEYS guess SUENT guess SUERS guess SUETE guess SUETS guess SUETY guess SWEAL guess SWEED guess SWEEL guess SWEER guess SWEES guess SWEIR guess SWELT guess SWERF guess SWEYS guess SYEDS guess SYENS guess

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Pattern guide

What fits S_E__?

All 190 matching words are shown above. 48 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

41% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

EE 49/190 words (26%) TE 38/190 words (20%) ST 37/190 words (19%) SP 27/190 words (14%) PE 27/190 words (14%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 39% · two: 58% · three or more: 3%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match S_E__?
190 five-letter words match S_E__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 48 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, STEAR has the highest feedback entropy at 5.65 bits against the possible answers.