Five-letter words matching _A__R

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What the remaining words have in common

163 matching words15 not previously used29 past answers

Position 1S 10%T 10%L 9%M 9%
Position 3T 10%G 9%K 9%V 8%
Position 4E 69%A 13%O 10%I 7%
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44 of the 163 matches are possible answers.

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Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, E, F, G, H, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, V, W·3rd letter: B, C, D, F, G, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, V, Y, Z·4th letter: A, E, I, O, Y

Possible answers

32 more possible answers are in the full list below.

used already been a Wordle answer · Likelihood labels describe modelled chance within a year, not eligibility. Method.

BAKER Very unlikely used BALER Very unlikely used CAPER Very unlikely used CATER Very unlikely used EAGER Very unlikely used EATER Likely FAVOR Very unlikely used GAMER Very unlikely used GAYER Likely GAZER Likely HATER Very unlikely used LABOR Possible used LAGER Very unlikely used LASER Very unlikely used LATER Very unlikely used LAYER Very unlikely used MAJOR Possible used MAKER Very unlikely used MANOR Very unlikely used MAYOR Very unlikely used NADIR Very unlikely used PAGER Very unlikely used PALER Likely PAPER Possible used PARER Very unlikely used PAYER Likely RACER Very unlikely used RADAR Likely RARER Likely RAZOR Likely SAFER Likely SANER Likely SATYR Likely SAVOR Very unlikely used TAKER Likely TAMER Likely TAPER Very unlikely used TAPIR Possible used VALOR Likely VAPOR Likely WAFER Very unlikely used WAGER Very unlikely used WATER Very unlikely used WAVER Very unlikely used BAYER Very unlikely GATOR Possible MATER Very unlikely NAGAR Very unlikely SABER Possible SAVER Possible TASER Possible BARER Possible BASER Very unlikely BAZAR Very unlikely CABER Very unlikely CAGER Very unlikely CANER Very unlikely CARER Very unlikely CASER Very unlikely CAVER Very unlikely DAKER Very unlikely DAMAR Very unlikely DARER Very unlikely DATER Possible DAZER Very unlikely EASER Very unlikely EAVER Very unlikely FACER Very unlikely FADER Possible FAKER Possible FAKIR Possible FAQIR Very unlikely FARER Very unlikely FAVER Very unlikely FAYER Very unlikely GAGER Very unlikely GAPER Very unlikely GATER Very unlikely GAZAR Very unlikely HALER Very unlikely HAVER Very unlikely HAYER Very unlikely HAZER Very unlikely JAGER Very unlikely JAGIR Very unlikely JAKER Very unlikely JAPER Very unlikely KABAR Very unlikely KAFIR Very unlikely KAPUR Very unlikely LACER Very unlikely LADER Very unlikely LAGAR Very unlikely LAHAR Very unlikely LAKER Very unlikely LAMER Possible LAVER Very unlikely LAWER Very unlikely LAXER Very unlikely LAZAR Very unlikely MACER Very unlikely MADAR Very unlikely MAKAR Very unlikely MALAR Very unlikely MAROR Very unlikely MASER Very unlikely MASUR Very unlikely MAZAR Very unlikely MAZER Very unlikely NAGOR Very unlikely NAKER Very unlikely NAMER Very unlikely NAVAR Very unlikely NAZAR Very unlikely NAZIR Very unlikely OAKER Very unlikely OARER Very unlikely OATER Very unlikely PACER Possible PALAR Very unlikely PANIR Very unlikely PASAR Very unlikely PATER Very unlikely PAVER Possible PAWER Very unlikely PAYOR Very unlikely RAGER Possible RAKER Very unlikely RAPER Very unlikely RASER Very unlikely RATER Possible RAVER Possible RAWER Very unlikely RAZER Very unlikely SABIR Very unlikely SAGAR Very unlikely SAGER Very unlikely SAKER Very unlikely SAPOR Very unlikely SARIR Very unlikely SASER Very unlikely SATER Very unlikely SAWER Very unlikely SAYER Very unlikely TABER Very unlikely TABOR Very unlikely TALAR Very unlikely TALER Very unlikely TASAR Very unlikely TATAR Very unlikely TATER Possible TAVER Very unlikely TAWER Very unlikely TAXER Very unlikely TAXOR Very unlikely VAPER Very unlikely WADER Possible WAKER Very unlikely WALER Very unlikely WAXER Very unlikely WAZIR Very unlikely YAGER Very unlikely YARER Very unlikely

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BEGAT leaves 33.3796 matching words on average, weighted by the answer model through 2026-11-05. This is the recommended move among a fixed panel of 64 evaluated guesses. All 163 matching words count, including words outside the working answer pool.

This move is an information probe: it does not fit this list and cannot solve this illustrated position immediately. It tests letters in Normal Mode; a Hard Mode move must also keep your revealed hints.

To attempt the most likely matching answer now, EATER has a 4.9% modelled immediate solve chance and leaves 54.4689 words on average. This compares an immediate answer attempt with the information gained by the recommended move.

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How this is calculated

Primary objective: finish in the turns you have left

Can you finish _A__R?

Set your guesses left, add the feedback you already have, and explore what each next guess could reveal. This planner starts with _A__R as your green-letter clues.

Plans use our working Wordle answer pool, including previously used answers. A guarantee applies to that pool and the clues you enter.

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These alternatives optimize how evenly one guess splits the answers. The planner above prioritizes finishing within your remaining turns.

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Pattern guide

What fits _A__R?

All 163 matching words are shown above. 44 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

70% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

ER 112/163 words (69%) AR 31/163 words (19%) LA 18/163 words (11%) SA 18/163 words (11%) AT 16/163 words (10%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 1% · two: 95% · three or more: 4%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _A__R?
163 five-letter words match _A__R in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 44 are possible answers.