5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching W_O__

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Possible answers

WHOLE WHOOP WHOSE WOODY WOOER WOOLY WOOZY WRONG WROTE

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This pattern has 33 words in the Wordle guess list; 9 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 9 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: WHOLE (July 27, 2025); WHOOP (September 5, 2022); WHOSE (May 2, 2025); WOOER (September 5, 2021); WRONG (June 12, 2023); WROTE (November 25, 2021).

Top-ranked splitter HOLED
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
3.17 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

Hard Mode Use WHOLE instead.

HOLED does not fit this page's clues. WHOLE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.67 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: WOO_Y

WOODY, WOOLY, WOOZY differ only in the fourth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; HOLED tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits W_O__?

All 33 matching words are shown above. 9 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

H 42% S 33% R 27% E 24% T 18% L 15%

Words with five different letters

33% of the matches have no repeated letters.

WHOLE WHOSE WRONG WROTE WHOMP

Common letter pairs

OO 15% WO 12% WH 9% HO 9% WR 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 21% · two: 70% · three or more: 9%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match W_O__?
33 five-letter words match W_O__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 9 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, WROTE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.21 bits against the possible answers.
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