5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _HO_E

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Possible answers

CHOKE CHORE CHOSE PHONE SHONE SHORE SHOVE THOSE WHOLE WHOSE

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This pattern has 20 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: CHOKE (February 28, 2022); CHORE (February 2, 2025); CHOSE (January 2, 2025); PHONE (December 26, 2023); SHORE (August 14, 2024); SHOVE (December 6, 2024); THOSE (February 1, 2022); WHOLE (July 27, 2025); plus 1 more.

Top-ranked splitter SCORN
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.

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SCORN does not fit this page's clues. CHOSE 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.

Tight family: SHO_E

SHONE, SHORE, SHOVE differ only in the fourth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; SCORN tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _HO_E?

All 20 matching words are shown above. 10 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

S 40% C 20% R 20% N 20% L 20% P 15%

Words with five different letters

95% of the matches have no repeated letters.

CHOKE CHORE CHOSE PHONE SHONE

Common letter pairs

HO 25% SH 6% CH 5% ON 5% NE 5%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 90% · three or more: 10%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _HO_E?
20 five-letter words match _HO_E 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, SHORE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.42 bits against the possible answers.
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