5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words starting with S and ending in RT (S__RT)

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Possible answers

SHIRT SHORT SKIRT SMART SNORT SPORT SPURT START

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This pattern has 18 words in the Wordle guess list; 8 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 8 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: SHORT (November 5, 2025); SKIRT (January 2, 2023); SMART (November 13, 2021); SNORT (March 17, 2024); SPORT (May 27, 2025); SPURT (October 4, 2023); START (September 11, 2021).

Top-ranked splitter CHOMP
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.

Hard Mode Use SHORT instead.

CHOMP does not fit this page's clues. SHORT keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.75 (4 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: S_ORT

SHORT, SNORT, SPORT differ only in the second position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; CHOMP tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits S__RT?

All 18 matching words are shown above. 8 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

A 44% I 22% O 22% P 22% H 17% K 17%

Words with five different letters

89% of the matches have no repeated letters.

SHIRT SHORT SKIRT SMART SNORT

Common letter pairs

RT 25% AR 11% IR 6% OR 6% SP 6%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 100% · two: 0% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match S__RT?
18 five-letter words match S__RT 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, SLART has the highest feedback entropy at 5.63 bits against the possible answers.
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