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Five-letter words matching _E_ST

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What the remaining words have in common

17 matching words0 not previously used5 past answersBest matching test word: REASTTight family: _EAST (4)

Position 1R 18%F 12%G 12%H 12%
Position 3A 35%I 35%E 18%R 12%

Possible answers

BEAST FEAST HEIST LEAST YEAST

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

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This pattern has 17 words in the Wordle guess list; 5 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 5 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BEAST (June 4, 2023); FEAST (November 24, 2022); HEIST (April 26, 2022); LEAST (September 1, 2025); YEAST (May 10, 2025).

Top-ranked splitter AFFLY
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.32 bits

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

Hard Mode Use BEAST instead.

AFFLY does not fit this page's clues. BEAST keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.2 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _EAST

BEAST, FEAST, LEAST, YEAST differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; AFFLY tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _E_ST?

All 17 matching words are shown above. 5 are possible answers.

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Useful letters still to test

A 35% I 35% R 29% F 12% H 12% G 12%

Words with five different letters

82% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BEAST FEAST HEIST LEAST YEAST

Common letter pairs

ST 17/17 words (100%) EA 6/17 words (35%) AS 6/17 words (35%) EI 6/17 words (35%) IS 6/17 words (35%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 12% · two: 88% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _E_ST?
17 five-letter words match _E_ST in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 5 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, REAST has the highest feedback entropy at 5.86 bits against the possible answers.