- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.0 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 _HER_
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This pattern has 8 words in the Wordle guess list; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: THERE (November 17, 2022); WHERE (March 9, 2023).
AARTI does not fit this page's clues. CHERT 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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Pattern guide
What fits _HER_?
All 8 matching words are shown above. 2 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 1st letter C, S, T, W
- 5th letter D, E, M, O, T
Meanings and answer history
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THERE
In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).
“I know Bristol quite well as I used to live there.”
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Past Wordle answer: November 17, 2022.
WHERE
In, at or to what place.
“Where are you?”
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Past Wordle answer: March 9, 2023.
CHERE
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
CHERT
Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
SHERD
Alternative form of shard.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
SHERE
A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0747).
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
SHERO
A female hero.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
THERM
A unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units, often used in the context of natural gas.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match _HER_?
- 8 five-letter words match _HER_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 2 are possible answers.
- Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
- Among all matching words, SHERO has the highest feedback entropy at 5.18 bits against the possible answers.