5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words starting with TH and ending in E (TH__E)

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Possible answers

THEME THERE THESE THOSE THREE THYME

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This pattern has 14 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: THEME (September 9, 2022); THERE (November 17, 2022); THESE (December 12, 2023); THOSE (February 1, 2022); THREE (December 30, 2023); THYME (September 14, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter ABERS
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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ABERS does not fit this page's clues. THEME keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.33 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: THE_E

THEME, THERE, THESE differ only in the fourth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ABERS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits TH__E?

All 14 matching words are shown above. 6 are possible answers.

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Useful letters still to test

R 29% O 21% A 21% M 14% S 14% N 14%

Words with five different letters

57% of the matches have no repeated letters.

THOSE THYME THALE THANE THINE

Common letter pairs

TH 25% HE 9% HR 5% ME 4% RE 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 7% · two: 93% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match TH__E?
14 five-letter words match TH__E in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 6 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, THRAE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.58 bits against the possible answers.
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