5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _HO_T

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What the remaining words have in common

12 matching words1 not previously used3 past answersBest matching test word: SHOATTight family: SHO_T (3)

Position 1S 42%C 17%W 17%B 8%
Position 4O 25%R 17%T 17%U 17%

Possible answers

GHOST SHOOT SHORT SHOUT

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This pattern has 12 words in the Wordle guess list; 4 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 4 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: GHOST (June 14, 2025); SHORT (November 5, 2025); SHOUT (October 22, 2024).

Top-ranked splitter AGROS
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.0 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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AGROS does not fit this page's clues. SHOOT keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.5 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: SHO_T

SHOOT, SHORT, SHOUT differ only in the fourth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; AGROS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _HO_T?

All 12 matching words are shown above. 4 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

S 50% R 17% U 17% C 17% W 17% G 8%

Words with five different letters

50% of the matches have no repeated letters.

GHOST SHORT SHOUT CHOUT SHOAT

Common letter pairs

HO 12/12 words (100%) SH 5/12 words (42%) OT 5/12 words (42%) OO 3/12 words (25%) OR 2/12 words (17%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 50% · two: 50% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _HO_T?
12 five-letter words match _HO_T in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 4 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SHOAT has the highest feedback entropy at 5.21 bits against the possible answers.