- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.0 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.
Five-letter words matching _A_UT
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This pattern has 9 words in the Wordle guess list; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: GAMUT (October 14, 2024).
AAPAS does not fit this page's clues. CAPUT keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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CAPUT
possible
GAMUT
used
BAHUT
guess
BALUT
guess
GALUT
guess
KAPUT
guess
MASUT
guess
MAZUT
guess
SALUT
guess
Pattern guide
What fits _A_UT?
All 9 matching words are shown above. 2 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 1st letter B, C, G, K, M, S
- 3rd letter H, L, M, P, S, Z
Meanings and answer history
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CAPUT
The head.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
GAMUT
A (normally) complete range.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: October 14, 2024.
BAHUT
A portable coffer or chest with a rounded lid covered in leather, garnished with nails, once used for the transport of clothes or other personal luggage. It was the original portmanteau.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
BALUT
Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
GALUT
The Jewish Diaspora (dispersion from Israel).
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
KAPUT
Out of order; not working.
“My car went kaput.”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
MASUT
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
MAZUT
A grade of heavy fuel oil used in industry and also sometimes used in lieu of home heating oil.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
SALUT
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match _A_UT?
- 9 five-letter words match _A_UT in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 2 are possible answers.
- Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
- Among all matching words, SALUT has the highest feedback entropy at 5.3 bits against the possible answers.