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Five-letter words matching _ER_E

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Showing 37 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

37 matching words0 not previously used8 past answers

Position 1P 16%V 16%T 14%M 11%

Position 4N 14%S 14%V 14%G 11%

Possible answers

EERIE MERGE NERVE SERVE TERSE VERGE VERSE VERVE

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

EERIE used MERGE used NERVE used SERVE used TERSE used VERGE used VERSE used VERVE used MERLE guess SERGE guess TERRE guess VERDE guess AERIE guess BERME guess CERGE guess CERNE guess GERBE guess GERLE guess GERNE guess HERSE guess HERYE guess KERNE guess KERVE guess MERDE guess MERSE guess PERAE guess PERCE guess PERLE guess PERNE guess PERSE guess PERVE guess SERRE guess TERCE guess TERFE guess TERNE guess VERRE guess VERTE guess

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The top-ranked splitter is shown in the shortlist note below. Add a gray or yellow clue here to recalculate after the position changes.

Previously used by Wordle: EERIE (April 27, 2026); MERGE (April 9, 2024); NERVE (January 1, 2025); SERVE (June 28, 2021); TERSE (June 19, 2024); VERGE (February 4, 2024); VERSE (March 28, 2025); VERVE (August 23, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter SNIVE

Average remaining: 1.0
Worst branch: 1
Information: 3.0 bits

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

Hard Mode Use SERVE instead.

SNIVE does not fit this page's clues. SERVE 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.

Tight family: VER_E

VERGE, VERSE, VERVE differ only in the fourth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; SNIVE tests the family more efficiently.

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22% possible answers

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Splits these words most evenly: AERIE of the 37 words here

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Useful letters still to test

V 27% S 22% G 19% N 16% T 16% P 16%

Common letter pairs

ER 37/37 words (100%) VE 10/37 words (27%) SE 8/37 words (22%) GE 7/37 words (19%) NE 6/37 words (16%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 92% · three or more: 8%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _ER_E?: 37 five-letter words match _ER_E in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 8 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, AERIE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.26 bits against the possible answers.

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