5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _AU_T

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Possible answers

DAUNT FAULT GAUNT HAUNT JAUNT TAUNT VAULT VAUNT

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 15 words in the Wordle guess list; 8 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 8 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: DAUNT (August 2, 2025); FAULT (October 24, 2022); GAUNT (July 10, 2024); HAUNT (July 26, 2025); JAUNT (October 20, 2021); TAUNT (September 6, 2022); VAULT (June 14, 2024).

Top-ranked splitter THANG
Average remaining
2.0
Worst branch
3
Information
2.16 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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THANG does not fit this page's clues. VAULT keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.5 (5 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _AUNT

DAUNT, GAUNT, HAUNT, JAUNT, TAUNT, VAUNT differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; THANG tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _AU_T?

All 15 matching words are shown above. 8 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

N 60% L 40% D 13% G 13% H 13% V 13%

Words with five different letters

87% of the matches have no repeated letters.

DAUNT FAULT GAUNT HAUNT JAUNT

Common letter pairs

AU 25% UN 15% NT 15% UL 10% LT 10%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 100% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _AU_T?
15 five-letter words match _AU_T in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 8 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SAULT has the highest feedback entropy at 5.38 bits against the possible answers.
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