5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _APE_

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Possible answers

CAPER LAPEL PAPER TAPER

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This pattern has 29 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: CAPER (August 29, 2023); LAPEL (September 10, 2021); PAPER (July 24, 2021); TAPER (December 18, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter ACTOR
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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ACTOR does not fit this page's clues. CAPER 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.

Tight family: _APER

CAPER, PAPER, TAPER differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ACTOR tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _APE_?

All 29 matching words are shown above. 4 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

R 34% S 31% D 24% T 17% C 14% G 10%

Words with five different letters

76% of the matches have no repeated letters.

CAPER TAPER CAPED CAPES CAPEX

Common letter pairs

AP 25% PE 25% ES 8% ER 6% ED 6%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 97% · three or more: 3%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _APE_?
29 five-letter words match _APE_ 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, TAPER has the highest feedback entropy at 5.51 bits against the possible answers.
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