5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _AST_

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Possible answers

BASTE CASTE HASTE HASTY NASTY PASTA PASTE PASTY TASTE TASTY WASTE

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 31 words in the Wordle guess list; 11 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 11 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); HASTY (March 9, 2026); NASTY (March 2, 2022); PASTA (February 12, 2024); TASTE (June 22, 2023); TASTY (February 3, 2023); WASTE (August 21, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter TENCH
Average remaining
1.73
Worst branch
3
Information
2.85 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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TENCH does not fit this page's clues. PASTE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.55 (5 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _ASTE

BASTE, CASTE, HASTE, PASTE, TASTE, WASTE differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; TENCH tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _AST_?

All 31 matching words are shown above. 11 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

E 23% Y 19% B 16% P 13% H 10% O 10%

Words with five different letters

42% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BASTE CASTE HASTE HASTY NASTY

Common letter pairs

AS 25% ST 25% TS 9% TA 6% TE 5%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 48% · two: 52% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _AST_?
31 five-letter words match _AST_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 11 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.
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