- Average remaining
- 2.0
- Worst branch
- 3
- Information
- 1.79 bits
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Five-letter words ending in ASTE (_ASTE)
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This pattern has 6 words in the Wordle guess list; 6 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 6 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: BASTE (March 20, 2025); HASTE (December 3, 2025); TASTE (June 22, 2023); WASTE (August 21, 2022).
BACHA does not fit this page's clues. BASTE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 4.33 (5 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
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_ASTE
BASTE, CASTE, HASTE, PASTE, TASTE, WASTE differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; BACHA tests the family more efficiently.
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Pattern guide
What fits _ASTE?
All 6 matching words are shown above. 6 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 1st letter B, C, H, P, T, W
Meanings and answer history
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BASTE
To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
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 20, 2025.
CASTE
Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
HASTE
Speed; swiftness; dispatch.
“We were running late so we finished our meal in haste.”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: December 3, 2025.
PASTE
A soft moist mixture, in particular:
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
TASTE
One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
“He had a strange taste in his mouth.”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: June 22, 2023.
WASTE
Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: August 21, 2022.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match _ASTE?
- 6 five-letter words match _ASTE in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 6 are possible answers.
- Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
- Among all matching words, CASTE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.57 bits against the possible answers.