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Five-letter words matching _A_LE

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Showing 31 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

31 matching words0 not previously used6 past answers

Position 1C 13%H 13%M 13%P 10%

Position 3B 19%R 13%Y 13%I 10%

Possible answers

CABLE EAGLE FABLE LADLE MAPLE TABLE

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

CABLE used EAGLE used FABLE used LADLE used MAPLE used TABLE used GABLE guess SALLE guess BAILE guess BAYLE guess CALLE guess CAPLE guess CARLE guess DALLE guess EASLE guess FARLE guess HABLE guess HAOLE guess HAYLE guess HAZLE guess KAYLE guess MACLE guess MAILE guess MARLE guess PADLE guess PAGLE guess PARLE guess RAILE guess RAYLE guess SABLE guess WANLE guess

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The top-ranked splitter is shown in the shortlist note below. Add a gray or yellow clue here to recalculate after the position changes.

Previously used by Wordle: CABLE (January 6, 2024); EAGLE (December 24, 2024); FABLE (January 1, 2026); LADLE (March 15, 2025); MAPLE (November 14, 2022); TABLE (December 19, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter BETED

Average remaining: 1.33
Worst branch: 2
Information: 2.25 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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BETED does not fit this page's clues. CABLE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.33 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: _ABLE

CABLE, FABLE, TABLE differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; BETED tests the family more efficiently.

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Statistics

19% possible answers

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: RAILE of the 31 words here

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Useful letters still to test

B 26% R 19% C 16% P 16% M 13% Y 13%

Words with five different letters

81% of the matches have no repeated letters.

CABLE FABLE MAPLE TABLE BAILE

Common letter pairs

LE 31/31 words (100%) AB 6/31 words (19%) BL 6/31 words (19%) CA 4/31 words (13%) MA 4/31 words (13%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 81% · three or more: 19%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _A_LE?: 31 five-letter words match _A_LE 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, RAILE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.86 bits against the possible answers.

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