5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _A_NT

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Possible answers

DAUNT FAINT GAUNT HAUNT JAUNT PAINT SAINT TAINT TAUNT VAUNT

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 18 words in the Wordle guess list; 10 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 10 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); FAINT (September 3, 2024); GAUNT (July 10, 2024); HAUNT (July 26, 2025); JAUNT (October 20, 2021); PAINT (June 21, 2024); SAINT (September 22, 2022); TAUNT (September 6, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter THUDS
Average remaining
1.8
Worst branch
3
Information
2.65 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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THUDS does not fit this page's clues. TAINT keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.6 (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; THUDS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _A_NT?

All 18 matching words are shown above. 10 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

U 50% I 33% D 17% H 11% S 11% R 11%

Words with five different letters

83% of the matches have no repeated letters.

DAUNT FAINT GAUNT HAUNT JAUNT

Common letter pairs

NT 25% AU 12% UN 12% AI 8% IN 8%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 11% · two: 89% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _A_NT?
18 five-letter words match _A_NT in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, EARNT has the highest feedback entropy at 5.69 bits against the possible answers.
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