Five-letter words matching _EN__

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What the remaining words have in common

185 matching words6 not previously used15 past answers

Position 1G 11%P 9%T 9%S 9%
Position 4T 18%I 11%D 10%E 10%
Position 5S 29%E 17%Y 11%A 8%

21 possible answers fit.

Among those candidates, PENCE produces the smallest worst-case feedback group.

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, D, F, G, H, P, R, S, T, V, W·4th letter: A, C, E, I, N, O, R, S, T, U·5th letter: E, H, L, M, R, T, W, Y

Possible answers

9 more possible answers are in the full list below.

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

BENCH used DENIM used DENSE used FENCE used GENIE used GENRE used HENCE used PENAL used PENCE possible PENNE used PENNY possible RENAL possible RENEW used SENSE used TENET possible TENOR used TENSE possible TENTH used VENOM used VENUE used WENCH possible BENDS guess BENJI guess BENNY guess CENTS guess DENIS guess GENES guess GENOA guess GENTS guess GENUS guess HENRY guess JENNY guess LENDS guess MENUS guess PENIS guess RENTS guess SENDS guess TENDS guess TENTS guess VENTS guess VENUS guess BENDY guess BENES guess BENET guess BENGA guess BENIS guess BENNE guess BENNI guess BENTO guess BENTS guess BENTY guess CENSE guess CENTO guess CENTU guess DENAR guess DENAY guess DENCH guess DENES guess DENET guess DENTE guess DENTS guess EENSY guess FENDS guess FENDY guess FENIS guess FENKS guess FENNY guess FENTS guess GENAE guess GENAL guess GENAS guess GENET guess GENIC guess GENII guess GENIN guess GENIO guess GENIP guess GENNY guess GENOM guess GENRO guess GENTY guess GENUA guess HENCH guess HENDS guess HENGE guess HENNA guess HENNY guess HENTS guess KENAF guess KENCH guess KENDO guess KENOS guess KENTE guess KENTS guess LENES guess LENGS guess LENIS guess LENOS guess LENSE guess LENTI guess LENTO guess MENAD guess MENCE guess MENDS guess MENED guess MENES guess MENGE guess MENGS guess MENIL guess MENSA guess MENSE guess MENSH guess MENTA guess MENTO guess MENTS guess NENES guess NENTA guess PENDS guess PENDU guess PENED guess PENES guess PENGO guess PENIE guess PENKS guess PENNA guess PENNI guess PENSE guess PENSY guess PENTS guess RENAY guess RENDS guess RENDU guess RENEY guess RENGA guess RENGS guess RENIG guess RENIN guess RENKS guess RENNE guess RENOS guess RENTE guess SENAS guess SENES guess SENEX guess SENGI guess SENNA guess SENOR guess SENSA guess SENSI guess SENSU guess SENTE guess SENTI guess SENTS guess SENVY guess SENZA guess TENCH guess TENDU guess TENES guess TENGE guess TENIA guess TENNE guess TENNO guess TENNY guess TENON guess TENTY guess TENUE guess VENAE guess VENAL guess VENAS guess VENDS guess VENDU guess VENEY guess VENGE guess VENIN guess VENTI guess WENDS guess WENGE guess WENNY guess WENTS guess XENIA guess XENIC guess XENON guess YENTA guess YENTE guess ZENDO guess

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Pattern guide

What fits _EN__?

All 185 matching words are shown above. 21 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

55% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

EN 185/185 words (100%) NT 34/185 words (18%) GE 25/185 words (14%) NE 24/185 words (13%) NI 22/185 words (12%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 30% · two: 64% · three or more: 6%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _EN__?
185 five-letter words match _EN__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 21 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, RENAL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.55 bits against the possible answers.