Five-letter words matching T_B__

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This pattern has 23 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: TABBY (November 10, 2025); TABLE (December 19, 2023); TABOO (March 31, 2024); TIBIA (September 11, 2022); TUBER (October 24, 2025).

Top-ranked splitter ABOIL
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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ABOIL does not fit this page's clues. TABLS 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.

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 T_B__?

All 23 matching words are shown above. 6 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

74% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

TA 15% AB 15% TU 9% UB 9% BA 5%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 13% · two: 74% · three or more: 13%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match T_B__?
23 five-letter words match T_B__ 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, TABLE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.42 bits against the possible answers.
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