5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _H_S_

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Possible answers

CHASE CHASM CHESS CHEST CHOSE GHOST PHASE SHUSH THESE THOSE WHISK WHOSE

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 31 words in the Wordle guess list; 12 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 12 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: CHASE (March 13, 2025); CHASM (January 15, 2026); CHEST (March 24, 2022); CHOSE (January 2, 2025); GHOST (June 14, 2025); PHASE (June 3, 2022); SHUSH (May 5, 2025); THESE (December 12, 2023); plus 3 more.

Top-ranked splitter SCEAT
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
3.59 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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SCEAT does not fit this page's clues. CHEST 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: _HOSE

CHOSE, THOSE, WHOSE differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; SCEAT tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _H_S_?

All 31 matching words are shown above. 12 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

E 39% T 29% I 26% C 23% A 23% O 23%

Words with five different letters

55% of the matches have no repeated letters.

CHASE CHASM CHEST CHOSE GHOST

Common letter pairs

SH 9% SE 6% HI 6% IS 6% CH 6%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 68% · two: 32% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _H_S_?
31 five-letter words match _H_S_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 12 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, THOSE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.29 bits against the possible answers.
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