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Five-letter words matching _A_ON

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Showing 31 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

31 matching words1 not previously used9 past answers

Position 1B 16%C 16%R 13%M 10%

Position 3L 13%C 10%R 10%S 10%

Possible answers

BACON BARON BATON CANON CAPON MASON RAYON SALON TALON WAGON

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

BACON used BARON used BATON used CANON used CAPON used MASON used RAYON used SALON possible TALON used WAGON used MACON guess RAMON guess BALON guess BASON guess CAJON guess CARON guess CAXON guess FANON guess GAZON guess HALON guess JAMON guess MARON guess NASON guess PAEON guess PAVON guess RACON guess RADON guess SAYON guess TAUON guess TAXON guess YAPON 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: BACON (December 17, 2023); BARON (January 23, 2026); BATON (July 3, 2026); CANON (July 7, 2024); CAPON (August 26, 2026); MASON (October 28, 2023); RAYON (September 14, 2023); TALON (February 14, 2024); plus 1 more.

Top-ranked splitter SCRAB

Average remaining: 1.4
Worst branch: 2
Information: 2.92 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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SCRAB does not fit this page's clues. RACON keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.2 (5 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: BA_ON

BACON, BARON, BATON differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; SCRAB tests the family more efficiently.

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

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C 26% R 23% B 16% M 16% S 16% T 13%

Words with five different letters

90% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BACON BARON BATON CAPON MASON

Common letter pairs

ON 31/31 words (100%) BA 5/31 words (16%) CA 5/31 words (16%) RA 4/31 words (13%) AL 4/31 words (13%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 94% · three or more: 6%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _A_ON?: 31 five-letter words match _A_ON 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, TALON has the highest feedback entropy at 5.34 bits against the possible answers.

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