5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words starting with T and ending in L (T___L)

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Possible answers

TIDAL TONAL TOTAL TOWEL TRAIL TRAWL TRIAL TROLL TUBAL TWIRL

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 28 words in the Wordle guess list; 10 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 10 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: TIDAL (May 11, 2024); TOTAL (January 12, 2025); TOWEL (March 24, 2024); TRAIL (February 17, 2025); TRAWL (July 27, 2021); TRIAL (January 12, 2026); TROLL (December 30, 2021); TWIRL (January 3, 2024).

Top-ranked splitter ABRIN
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
3.32 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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ABRIN does not fit this page's clues. TRIOL keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.6 (3 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___L?

All 28 matching words are shown above. 10 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

A 43% I 39% O 36% R 36% W 25% H 18%

Words with five different letters

64% of the matches have no repeated letters.

TIDAL TONAL TOWEL TRAIL TRAWL

Common letter pairs

AL 8% TR 6% TO 4% OL 4% LL 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 46% · two: 54% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match T___L?
28 five-letter words match T___L in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, TRAIL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.6 bits against the possible answers.
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