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Five-letter words matching _H_F_

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What the remaining words have in common

14 matching words1 not previously used5 past answersBest matching test word: CHAFE

Position 1C 43%W 21%S 14%T 14%
Position 3A 36%E 21%I 21%U 14%
Position 5T 50%F 21%S 14%A 7%

Possible answers

CHAFE CHAFF SHAFT SHIFT THEFT WHIFF

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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: CHAFE (December 2, 2022); SHAFT (July 20, 2024); SHIFT (December 9, 2023); THEFT (March 4, 2026); WHIFF (April 17, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter ABASE
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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ABASE does not fit this page's clues. WHEFT keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.33 (2 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 _H_F_?

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

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

T 50% C 43% A 43% E 29% S 29% I 21%

Words with five different letters

64% of the matches have no repeated letters.

CHAFE SHAFT SHIFT CHAFT CHEFS

Common letter pairs

FT 7/14 words (50%) CH 6/14 words (43%) HA 5/14 words (36%) AF 5/14 words (36%) FF 3/14 words (21%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 86% · two: 14% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _H_F_?
14 five-letter words match _H_F_ 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, CHAFE has the highest feedback entropy at 4.79 bits against the possible answers.