5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _HOR_

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Possible answers

CHORD CHORE SHORE SHORN SHORT THORN

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This pattern has 14 words in the Wordle guess list; 6 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 6 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: CHORD (December 17, 2022); CHORE (February 2, 2025); SHORE (August 14, 2024); SHORN (May 18, 2023); SHORT (November 5, 2025); THORN (February 22, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter ABETS
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.58 bits

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

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ABETS does not fit this page's clues. SHORE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.67 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: SHOR_

SHORE, SHORN, SHORT differ only in the fifth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ABETS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _HOR_?

All 14 matching words are shown above. 6 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

S 36% T 36% E 21% W 21% C 14% N 14%

Words with five different letters

86% of the matches have no repeated letters.

CHORD CHORE SHORE SHORN SHORT

Common letter pairs

HO 25% OR 25% SH 7% RE 5% TH 5%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 71% · two: 29% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _HOR_?
14 five-letter words match _HOR_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 6 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SHORE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.42 bits against the possible answers.
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