Five-letter words matching _AR_N
BARON is the only possible answer that fits.
The other 7 matches are valid Wordle guesses, but not possible answers.
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Pattern guide
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
Meanings and answer history
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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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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
MARON
An alpine guide.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
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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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
VARAN
The monitor lizard.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
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 5.49 bits against the possible answers.