- 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.
Five-letter words matching _E_AY
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This pattern has 10 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: DECAY (March 22, 2024); DELAY (August 20, 2024); RELAY (October 4, 2025); REPAY (August 1, 2021).
ABLED does not fit this page's clues. DELAY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 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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DECAY
used
DELAY
used
RELAY
used
REPAY
used
BELAY
guess
BERAY
guess
DENAY
guess
DERAY
guess
RENAY
guess
RESAY
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Pattern guide
What fits _E_AY?
All 10 matching words are shown above. 4 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 1st letter B, D, R
- 3rd letter C, L, N, P, R, S
Meanings and answer history
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DECAY
Rot; any processes or result of organic matter being gradually decomposed, especially by microbial action.
“tooth decay/dental decay—wood-decay fungi—bacterial decay—photochemical decay”
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Past Wordle answer: March 22, 2024.
DELAY
A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
“the delay before the echo of a sound”
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Past Wordle answer: August 20, 2024.
RELAY
A new set of anything.
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Past Wordle answer: October 4, 2025.
REPAY
Synonym of pay back in all senses.
“I finally repaid my student loans, just before sending my kids to college.”
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Past Wordle answer: August 1, 2021.
BELAY
To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
BERAY
To make foul; befoul; soil.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
DENAY
denial; refusal
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
DERAY
impetuosity, prowess, vigour
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
RENAY
To renounce (one’s faith or god), to apostasize from.
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.
RESAY
To say again, to repeat, to reiterate.
“If we say something and people reject it because they don't like that it is true then we must resay it, and keep resaying it, until the truth is heard.”
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 _E_AY?
- 10 five-letter words match _E_AY 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.