5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _EA_Y

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Possible answers

BEADY HEADY HEAVY LEAFY LEAKY MEALY MEATY READY TEARY WEARY

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 30 words in the Wordle guess list; 10 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 10 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BEADY (June 25, 2022); HEADY (February 10, 2023); HEAVY (February 22, 2024); LEAFY (April 6, 2023); LEAKY (October 15, 2023); MEALY (March 17, 2023); READY (November 8, 2024); TEARY (March 6, 2024); plus 1 more.

Top-ranked splitter TRILD
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.

Hard Mode Use LEARY instead.

TRILD does not fit this page's clues. LEARY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.6 (4 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: _EADY

BEADY, HEADY, READY differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; TRILD tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _EA_Y?

All 30 matching words are shown above. 10 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

L 27% D 20% M 20% R 20% B 17% T 17%

Words with five different letters

100% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BEADY HEADY HEAVY LEAFY LEAKY

Common letter pairs

EA 25% LE 5% BE 4% AD 3% DY 3%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 100% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _EA_Y?
30 five-letter words match _EA_Y 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, TEARY has the highest feedback entropy at 5.54 bits against the possible answers.
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