- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.59 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 _D__E
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This pattern has 8 words in the Wordle guess list; 3 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 3 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: ADAGE (July 1, 2024); ADOBE (July 29, 2021); ADORE (December 4, 2022).
AARGH does not fit this page's clues. ADOBE 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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Pattern guide
What fits _D__E?
All 8 matching words are shown above. 3 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 1st letter A, E, O
- 3rd letter A, D, I, O, U, Y
- 4th letter B, C, G, L, R, Z
Meanings and answer history
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ADAGE
An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.
“According to an old adage, oysters are best in months containing the letter R.”
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Past Wordle answer: July 1, 2024.
ADOBE
An unburnt brick dried in the sun.
“Many people in Texas and New Mexico live in adobe houses.”
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Past Wordle answer: July 29, 2021.
ADORE
To worship.
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Past Wordle answer: December 4, 2022.
ADDLE
Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid.
“addle eggs”
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
ADOZE
Dozing, napping, asleep.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
EDILE
Alternative spelling of aedile.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
EDUCE
To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
ODYLE
Synonym of od (“a hypothetical force or natural power, now proved not to exist, which was supposed by Carl Reichenbach and others to inhere in certain people and produce phenomena such as animal magnetism and mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by chemical or vital action, heat, light, magnets, etc.”).
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match _D__E?
- 8 five-letter words match _D__E in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 3 are possible answers.
- Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
- Among all matching words, ADORE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.43 bits against the possible answers.