5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _ANC_

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16 matching words0 not previously used4 past answersBest matching test word: RANCE

Position 1B 13%D 13%H 13%L 13%
Position 5E 38%H 31%Y 19%O 6%

Possible answers

DANCE FANCY LANCE RANCH

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

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This pattern has 16 words in the Wordle guess list; 4 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 4 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: DANCE (February 5, 2023); FANCY (January 14, 2025); LANCE (February 26, 2026); RANCH (June 17, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter AAHED
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.0 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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AAHED does not fit this page's clues. DANCE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.5 (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 _ANC_?

All 16 matching words are shown above. 4 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

E 38% H 38% Y 19% D 12% L 12% R 12%

Words with five different letters

81% of the matches have no repeated letters.

DANCE FANCY LANCE RANCH BANCO

Common letter pairs

AN 16/16 words (100%) NC 16/16 words (100%) CE 6/16 words (38%) CH 5/16 words (31%) CY 3/16 words (19%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 56% · two: 44% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _ANC_?
16 five-letter words match _ANC_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 4 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, RANCE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.61 bits against the possible answers.