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Five-letter words matching _E_AL

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Possible answers

DECAL FECAL FERAL FETAL LEGAL MEDAL METAL PEDAL PENAL PETAL REGAL RENAL

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 26 words in the Wordle guess list; 12 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 12 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: DECAL (May 5, 2024); FERAL (July 30, 2024); LEGAL (July 17, 2026); MEDAL (November 11, 2022); METAL (May 14, 2022); PEDAL (February 5, 2025); PETAL (August 31, 2025); REGAL (March 8, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter DRAFT
Average remaining
1.67
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 PEDAL instead.

DRAFT does not fit this page's clues. PEDAL keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 4.67 (7 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: PE_AL

PEDAL, PENAL, PETAL differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; DRAFT tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _E_AL?

All 26 matching words are shown above. 12 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

R 23% N 23% T 19% M 19% P 19% C 15%

Words with five different letters

88% of the matches have no repeated letters.

DECAL FECAL FERAL FETAL MEDAL

Common letter pairs

AL 25% EC 4% CA 4% FE 4% ET 4%

Vowels

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

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _E_AL?
26 five-letter words match _E_AL in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 12 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SERAL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.74 bits against the possible answers.
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