5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _A_LE

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Possible answers

CABLE EAGLE FABLE LADLE MAPLE TABLE

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This pattern has 31 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: 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. GABLE 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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Pattern guide

What fits _A_LE?

All 31 matching words are shown above. 6 are possible answers.

More about these matches

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 25% AB 5% BL 5% CA 3% MA 3%

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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