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Five-letter words matching W__S_

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What the remaining words have in common

22 matching words2 not previously used6 past answers

Position 2H 27%O 23%E 18%R 14%
Position 3I 32%R 23%O 18%E 9%
Position 5T 41%E 23%H 18%K 5%

Possible answers

WAIST WELSH WHISK WHOSE WORSE WORST WREST WRIST

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This pattern has 22 words in the Wordle guess list; 8 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 8 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: WAIST (December 6, 2025); WHISK (September 12, 2023); WHOSE (May 2, 2025); WORSE (February 27, 2023); WORST (December 4, 2023); WRIST (April 5, 2024).

Top-ranked splitter ABORE
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
3.0 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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ABORE does not fit this page's clues. WERSH 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__S_?

All 22 matching words are shown above. 8 are possible answers.

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Useful letters still to test

T 41% H 41% E 41% R 36% I 32% O 32%

Words with five different letters

59% of the matches have no repeated letters.

WAIST WELSH WHISK WHOSE WORSE

Common letter pairs

ST 9/22 words (41%) IS 7/22 words (32%) WH 6/22 words (27%) SE 5/22 words (23%) WO 5/22 words (23%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 59% · two: 32% · three or more: 9%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match W__S_?
22 five-letter words match W__S_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 8 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, WORSE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.17 bits against the possible answers.