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Five-letter words matching _E_SE

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Possible answers

CEASE DENSE GEESE LEASE REUSE SENSE TEASE TENSE TERSE VERSE

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 35 words in the Wordle guess list; 10 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 10 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: CEASE (June 4, 2025); DENSE (April 7, 2026); GEESE (September 30, 2025); LEASE (June 8, 2025); REUSE (June 7, 2025); SENSE (February 27, 2024); TEASE (March 15, 2022); TERSE (June 19, 2024); plus 1 more.

Top-ranked splitter SCRAT
Average remaining
1.2
Worst branch
2
Information
3.12 bits

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

Hard Mode Use TERSE instead.

SCRAT does not fit this page's clues. TERSE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.2 (5 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: TE_SE

TEASE, TENSE, TERSE differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; SCRAT tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _E_SE?

All 35 matching words are shown above. 10 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

N 23% A 20% R 17% M 14% P 14% T 11%

Common letter pairs

SE 27% ES 6% EA 5% AS 5% EN 5%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 54% · three or more: 46%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _E_SE?
35 five-letter words match _E_SE in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, TEASE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.3 bits against the possible answers.
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