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Five-letter words matching _EA_T

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Possible answers

BEAST BEAUT DEALT FEAST HEART LEANT LEAPT LEAST MEANT REACT YEAST

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This pattern has 16 words in the Wordle guess list; 11 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 11 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BEAST (June 4, 2023); BEAUT (September 17, 2024); FEAST (November 24, 2022); HEART (July 26, 2023); LEAPT (January 12, 2023); LEAST (September 1, 2025); MEANT (November 12, 2023); REACT (July 17, 2021); plus 1 more.

Top-ranked splitter BYRLS
Average remaining
1.36
Worst branch
2
Information
3.1 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

Hard Mode Use LEAST instead.

BYRLS does not fit this page's clues. LEAST keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.82 (4 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _EAST

BEAST, FEAST, LEAST, YEAST differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; BYRLS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _EA_T?

All 16 matching words are shown above. 11 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

S 38% R 31% L 25% N 19% B 12% F 12%

Words with five different letters

94% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BEAST BEAUT DEALT FEAST HEART

Common letter pairs

EA 25% AS 9% ST 9% AR 5% RT 5%

Vowels

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

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _EA_T?
16 five-letter words match _EA_T in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 11 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, REAST has the highest feedback entropy at 5.86 bits against the possible answers.
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