Five-letter words matching _E_T_

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What the remaining words have in common

174 matching words3 not previously used13 past answers

Position 1P 8%T 8%B 7%N 7%
Position 3N 20%S 20%A 13%L 9%
Position 5S 45%Y 16%A 11%E 8%

16 possible answers fit.

Among those candidates, PETTY produces the smallest worst-case feedback group.

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, D, H, J, L, M, P, T, Z·3rd letter: A, E, F, I, L, N, P, R, S, T·5th letter: A, H, O, Y

Possible answers

4 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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

BERTH used DEATH used DEITY used DELTA used DEPTH used HEATH used HEFTY used JETTY possible LEFTY used MEATY possible PESTO possible PETTY used TEETH used TENTH used TESTY used ZESTY used BEATS guess BEETS guess BELTS guess BETTY guess CENTS guess DEBTS guess FEATS guess GENTS guess HEATS guess HERTZ guess MEATS guess MEETS guess MELTS guess NESTS guess PESTS guess RENTS guess RESTS guess SEATS guess SECTS guess TENTS guess TESTS guess TEXTS guess VENTS guess VESTS guess BEATH guess BEATY guess BENTO guess BENTS guess BENTY guess BESTI guess BESTS guess BETTA guess CELTS guess CENTO guess CENTU guess CERTS guess CERTY guess CESTA guess CESTI guess DEETS guess DELTS guess DENTE guess DENTS guess DERTH guess FELTS guess FELTY guess FENTS guess FESTA guess FESTS guess FESTY guess FETTA guess FETTS guess GEATS guess GEITS guess GELTS guess GENTY guess GESTE guess GESTS guess HEATY guess HEFTE guess HEFTS guess HENTS guess HESTS guess JEATS guess JESTS guess KEETS guess KELTS guess KELTY guess KENTE guess KENTS guess KESTS guess LEATS guess LEETS guess LEFTE guess LEFTS guess LENTI guess LENTO guess LEPTA guess LESTS guess LETTY guess MEATH guess MEITH guess MELTY guess MENTA guess MENTO guess MENTS guess MESTO guess METTA guess NEATH guess NEATO guess NEATS guess NENTA guess NERTS guess NERTZ guess NESTY guess NETTA guess NETTS guess NETTY guess NEWTS guess NEXTS guess PEATS guess PEATY guess PECTS guess PELTA guess PELTS guess PENTS guess PERTS guess PESTA guess PESTY guess PETTI guess PETTO guess REATA guess REATE guess RECTA guess RECTE guess RECTI guess RECTO guess RENTE guess RESTO guess RESTY guess REWTH guess SEITY guess SEKTS guess SENTE guess SENTI guess SENTS guess SEPTA guess SEPTS guess SETTS guess SEXTO guess SEXTS guess TEATS guess TECTA guess TEETS guess TENTY guess TERTS guess TESTA guess TESTE guess TEXTA guess VENTI guess VERTE guess VERTS guess VERTU guess VESTA guess WEETE guess WEETS guess WEFTE guess WEFTS guess WELTS guess WENTS guess WESTS guess YELTS guess YENTA guess YENTE guess YESTS guess YESTY guess YETTS guess ZESTS guess

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Pattern guide

What fits _E_T_?

All 174 matching words are shown above. 16 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

59% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

TS 79/174 words (45%) ES 34/174 words (20%) ST 34/174 words (20%) EN 34/174 words (20%) NT 34/174 words (20%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 51% · two: 47% · three or more: 2%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _E_T_?
174 five-letter words match _E_T_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 16 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, LEATS has the highest feedback entropy at 5.56 bits against the possible answers.