Five-letter words matching _AP_E

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This pattern has 8 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: LAPSE (March 10, 2022); MAPLE (November 14, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter AAPAS
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1.0
Worst branch
1
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1.0 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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AAPAS does not fit this page's clues. CAPLE 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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What fits _AP_E?

All 8 matching words are shown above. 2 are possible answers.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 1st letter C, L, M, N, R
  • 4th letter E, H, J, L, P, S
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LAPSE

A temporary failure; a slip.

“memory lapse”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: March 10, 2022.

MAPLE

A small tree, Acer campestre, known as the common maple, field maple, or hedge maple, which has palmate leaves with five lobes and winged seeds, and is chiefly native to East Asia, Europe, North Africa, and North America.

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Past Wordle answer: November 14, 2022.

CAPLE

A horse.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

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LAPJE

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NAPPE

The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop.

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RAPEE

A victim of rape.

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RAPHE

A seamlike ridge or furrow on an organ, bodily tissue, or other structure, typically marking the line where two halves or sections fused in the embryo.

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RAPPE

A surname from German.

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Common questions
How many five-letter words match _AP_E?
8 five-letter words match _AP_E 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, LAPSE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.43 bits against the possible answers.
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