Five-letter words matching _AR_N

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8 matching words0 not previously used1 past answerBest matching test word: SARIN

Position 1M 25%S 25%B 13%C 13%
Position 4A 38%O 38%E 13%I 13%

BARON is the only possible answer that fits.

The other 7 matches are valid Wordle guesses, but not possible answers.

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What fits _AR_N?

All 8 matching words are shown above. 1 is a possible answer.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 1st letter B, C, M, P, S, V
  • 4th letter A, E, I, O
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BARON

The male ruler of a barony.

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Past Wordle answer: January 23, 2026.

CARON

háček

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Not listed among past Wordle answers.

MARAN

A family of non-Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal prefixing languages spoken in southeastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

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MARON

An alpine guide.

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PAREN

A parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text).

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SARAN

A plastic resin used to make packaging films.

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SARIN

The nerve gas O-isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate, used as a chemical weapon.

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VARAN

The monitor lizard.

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Common questions
How many five-letter words match _AR_N?
8 five-letter words match _AR_N in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 1 is a possible answer.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SARIN has the highest feedback entropy at 5.5 bits against the possible answers.