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Five-letter words matching _EL_Y

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What the remaining words have in common

20 matching words0 not previously used4 past answersBest matching test word: RELAY

Position 1K 15%B 10%D 10%F 10%
Position 4L 55%A 15%T 15%F 5%

Possible answers

BELLY DELAY JELLY RELAY

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This pattern has 20 words in the Wordle guess list; 4 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 4 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BELLY (August 16, 2021); DELAY (August 20, 2024); JELLY (November 23, 2024); RELAY (October 4, 2025).

Top-ranked splitter ABAND
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.0 bits

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

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ABAND does not fit this page's clues. BELLY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.5 (2 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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What fits _EL_Y?

All 20 matching words are shown above. 4 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

K 20% T 20% A 15% F 15% B 10% D 10%

Words with five different letters

45% of the matches have no repeated letters.

DELAY RELAY BELAY FELTY KELPY

Common letter pairs

EL 20/20 words (100%) LL 11/20 words (55%) LY 11/20 words (55%) LA 3/20 words (15%) AY 3/20 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 85% · two: 15% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _EL_Y?
20 five-letter words match _EL_Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 4 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, RELAY has the highest feedback entropy at 5.3 bits against the possible answers.