- Average remaining
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- Worst branch
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- Information
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It fits the clues and can win immediately, while still splitting the alternatives well.
Five-letter words ending in ERSE (_ERSE)
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matching words
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What the remaining words have in common
5 matching words0 not previously used2 past answers
Position 1H 20%M 20%P 20%T 20%
used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer
Primary objective: finish in the turns you have left
Can you finish _ERSE?
Set your guesses left, add the feedback you already have, and explore what each next guess could reveal. This planner starts with _ERSE as your green-letter clues.
Plans use our working Wordle answer pool, including previously used answers. A guarantee applies to that pool and the clues you enter.
Two-turn example: TERSE
In normal mode, this play can cover 2 of 2 possible answers within two guesses, using the pattern alone.
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- Gray, Green, Green, Green, Green VERSE — play this answer next
- Green, Green, Green, Green, Green TERSE — solved on this guess
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How to play this shortlist
This pattern has 5 words in the Wordle guess list; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: TERSE (June 19, 2024); VERSE (March 28, 2025).
It is legal under the clues represented on this page. If you also have yellow-position information, check that extra detail 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 _ERSE?
All 5 matching words are shown above. 2 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 1st letter H, M, P, T, V
Meanings and answer history
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TERSE
Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: June 19, 2024.
VERSE
A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
“Restoration literature is well known for its carefully constructed verse.”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: March 28, 2025.
HERSE
A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes, hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered to impede the advance of an enemy.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
MERSE
Alluvial, often marshy land by the side of a river, estuary or sea.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
PERSE
A very dark (almost black) purple or blue-gray colour.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match _ERSE?
- 5 five-letter words match _ERSE in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 2 are possible answers.