- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.0 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.
Five-letter words matching W_EL_
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This pattern has 6 words in the Wordle guess list; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: WHELP (July 26, 2021); WIELD (November 16, 2025).
AAHED does not fit this page's clues. WHELK keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 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 W_EL_?
All 6 matching words are shown above. 2 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 2nd letter E, H, I
- 5th letter D, K, M, P, S
Meanings and answer history
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WHELP
A young offspring of a various carnivores (canid, ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: July 26, 2021.
WIELD
To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: November 16, 2025.
WEELS
plural of weel
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
WHELK
Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
WHELM
To emotionally affect at an intensity in between underwhelm and overwhelm.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
WIELS
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match W_EL_?
- 6 five-letter words match W_EL_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 2 are possible answers.
- Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
- Among all matching words, WIELS has the highest feedback entropy at 4.8 bits against the possible answers.